 If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number.  Complete School Algebra - Page 480by Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - 1919 - 507 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1895 - 104 pages
...If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number of figures... | |
 | Louis Winslow Austin, Charles Burton Thwing - Physics - 1895 - 222 pages
...more than the number of units in the characteristic. (IV.) If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding fraction, one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the logarithm... | |
 | William Galt Raymond - Logarithms - 1896 - 520 pages
...the decimal point ; when the number is less than ', the characteristic is negative, and is one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 11. To avoid the use of negative characteristics we add 'o to the characteristic and write — 'o after... | |
 | Charles Winthrop Crockett - Logarithms - 1896 - 132 pages
...the decimal point ; when the number is less than i, the characteristic is negative, and is one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 11. To avoid the use of negative characteristics we add io to the characteristic and write — io after... | |
 | Joe Garner Estill - 1896 - 186 pages
...the decimal point. II. If the number is less than 1, the characteristic is negative, and is one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the decimal. Thus, the characteristic of log 378.37 is 2 ; " " " " .0917 " — 2; " " " " 5.391... | |
 | Joe Garner Estill - Geometry - 1896 - 168 pages
...the decimal point. II. If the number is less than 1, the characteristic is negative, and is one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the decimal. Thus, the characteristic of log 378.37 is 2 ; " " " " .0917" — 2; " " " " 5.391 "... | |
 | George D. Pettee - Geometry, Modern - 1896 - 272 pages
...of the decimal point are the same. 3. The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal is 9, minus the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure ; and — 10 must follow the mantissa. For example: log 69745 = 4.84351 log 697.45 = 2.84351 log 6.9745... | |
 | Joe Garner Estill - 1896 - 214 pages
...units in the characteristic. II. Wfien the characteristic is negative, the number is a decimal, and the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure is one less than the number of units in the characteristic. 7. To avoid certain difficulties in the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Trigonometry - 1896 - 344 pages
...number one more than the number of units in the characteristic. If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic. Thus, the characteristic... | |
 | William Galt Raymond - Logarithms - 1896 - 518 pages
...the decimal point ; when the number is less than 1, the characteristic is negative, and is one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant f1gure. 11. To avoid the use of negative characteristics we add 10 to the characteristic and write... | |
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