 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
 | William Raymond Longley, Harry Brooks Marsh - Algebra - 1926 - 608 pages
...the characteristic of a decimal fraction is always negative, and it is numerically equal to one more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the decimal. The characteristic is minus this number. Thus log 0.862 has the characteristic —... | |
 | David Raymond Curtiss, Elton James Moulton - Trigonometry - 1927 - 426 pages
...characteristic of log JV is n — 1. If the number N is less than 1 the characteristic is negative and one greater than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure in iV. From the preceding paragraphs we see that the mantissa of log N is log N' where N' is the number... | |
 | Karl John Holzinger - Education - 1928 - 396 pages
...point; while the characteristic for a number less than 1 is negative and one greater (numerically) than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. In looking up the mantissa of a number the rule is to neglect the decimal point and find the nearest... | |
 | Farrington Daniels - Chemistry - 1928 - 332 pages
...even number of figures at the left of the decimal point. In case the number is less than 1, an odd number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure puts the number on the left-hand scale and an even number of zeros puts it on the right-hand scale.... | |
 | Arch dams - 1938 - 286 pages
...For example, .000,012,984,18 is shown as .0* 13, 984, 18. The superior number after the zero gives the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. CONSTANTS FOR CIRCULAR ARCHES 197. Use of Table. — Quantities in table 10, Constants for Circular... | |
 | Coast Artillery School (U.S.) - 1943 - 64 pages
...(2) If the number is between 0 and 1, make the characteristic of the log negative and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. (3) If the characteristic of a given log is positive, make the number of figures... | |
 | Physics - 1942 - 848 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.—... | |
 | United States. National Bureau of Standards. Computation Laboratory - Functions - 1954 - 232 pages
...55074 23 1.36925 25907 1 2.26068 45933 8 3.35052 45823 6 1 The number in the parentheses stands for the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure. w=3 w = 3 .71109 30099 29 .27851 77335 69 (1) 10389 25650 16 1.07769 28592 7 2.76214 29619 0 5.60109... | |
 | Logarithms - 1956 - 412 pages
...significant figure is to the right of the decimal point, the characteristic is negative and is 1 more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure; eg, the characteristic of the logarithm of 0.0135 is —2. To aid in adding and subtracting logarithms... | |
 | United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - Nuclear physics - 1958 - 284 pages
...to the left of the decimal point. (2) If a number N is less than one, the characteristic of its log is negative and numerically one greater than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first nonzero figure. For example, N Characteristic 1214 3 62 1 8 0 0.01 -2 0.0036 -3 n. The mantissa is... | |
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