 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
 | James Harrington Boyd - Algebra - 1901 - 812 pages
...following rule. 565. RULE II. — If the number is less than 1 the characteristic i» found by subtracting the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure from 9; writing — 10 after the mantissa. E. g. . the characteristic of logarithm .00679 = 7. decimal... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1902 - 280 pages
...If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logar r1thm 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 ßgures... | |
 | Charles Hamilton Ashton, Walter Randall Marsh - Trigonometry - 1902 - 126 pages
...The characteristic of the logarithm of any number le»» than 1 is always negative, and depends upon the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant digit. From the table it may be seen that any number less than 1 and containing no zeros between the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Trigonometry - 1903 - 346 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. INTRODUCTION. V If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1903 - 384 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. INTRODUCTION. V If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Surveying - 1903 - 218 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. INTRODUCTION. V If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the... | |
 | United States. National Bureau of Standards - Standardization - 1942 - 840 pages
...Sugars TABLE 128. — Method of obtaining — log T — Continued the characteristic is equal to minus the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Thus, the characteristic of T = 0.5 is 0; that of T = 0.005 (0.5 percent) is —2; etc. EXAMPLE 1.... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1903 - 298 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... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Surveying - 1903 - 210 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... | |
 | Walter Randall Marsh - Algebra - 1905 - 446 pages
...logarithm of a number less than 1 will have a characteristic which is the difference between 9 and the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant digit, minus 10. Hence : The characteristic of the logarithm of any number less than 1 is negative,... | |
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