 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 408 pages
...logarithms. Example. Multiplicand 8.5 0.9294189 Multiplier 10 l.OUOOOOO Product 85 1.9294189 And in division, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. num. Example. Dividend...9712.8 Divisor .456 logarithms.... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...logarithms. Example. Multiplicand 8.5 0.9294189 Multiplier 10 lO^OOOOO Product 85 1.9294189 And in division, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. num. logarithms. Example. Dividend...9712.8 3.9873444... | |
 | Beriah Stevens - Arithmetic - 1822 - 436 pages
...256225 L,og. 5,4086215 • DIVISION OF LOGARITHMS. To divide one number by another is nothing but to subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE. Divide 1728 Log. 3,2375437 >., By 13 - Log.... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1823 - 856 pages
...to carry cancels tbe — 2, and there remains the — i to set down. DIVISION BT LOGARITHMS. RULE. SUBTRACT the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the number answering to the remainder will be tbe logarithm of the quotient required. Observing to change... | |
 | Etienne Bézout - Mathematics - 1824 - 238 pages
...which is the seventh root of 128. 23 1. To find the quotient of the division of one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend ; the number that corresponds to the logarithm of the remainder, will be the quotient. For example,... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1826 - 504 pages
...426 X '5 x -004 x -275 x 336. Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (M) To divide one number by another.* Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm...the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices be negative, or if the divisor be greater than the dividend, change the index... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 842 pages
...case in the third exam* pie, and therefore the index is negative. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. — Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend ; the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient, and the corresponding number is the quotient. Observing... | |
 | Richard Frederick Clarke (the elder.) - 1833 - 158 pages
...96503.8 3.0027 1284, and 472.807 together, by logarithms. Product 17591597. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the natural number answering to the remainder, is the quotient required. Examples. Divide 47965 by 5642,... | |
 | Silas Totten - Algebra - 1836 - 320 pages
...equal to the logarithm of their quotient. Hence, division is performed in logarithms by subtracting the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and finding the number, in the tables, which corresponds to the difference. Involution by Logarithms. (111.)... | |
 | Mathematics - 1836 - 530 pages
...-6020600 Log. 7 = .8-450980 Log. 28 = 1-0000000 Log. 28= 1-4471580 2. To find the logarithm of a quotient, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. Thus, 20 divided by 5 gives 4 ; the logarithm of 20, diminished by the logarithm of 5, is the logarithm... | |
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To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference. 
