 The logarithm of a number, is, therefore, the exponent of the power, to which it is necessary to raise a given or invariable number, in order to produce the proposed number. Thus in the equation a...  A Treatise on Algebra ... - Page 239by William Smyth - 1861Full view - About this book
 | Charles William Berry - Thermodynamics - 1913 - 424 pages
...689.1 164.3 853.4 .8825 .1429 698 2882. 0 0 o HYPERBOLIC OR NAPERIAN LOGARITHMS. THE log of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, called the base, to produce the given number. In the common logs the base is 10 and in... | |
 | Charles Haynes Hughes - Naval architecture - 1917 - 774 pages
...examples from Mechanical Engineer's Pocket Book. Wm. Kent.] LOGARITHMS The logarithm (log.) of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number or base to produce the given number. Thus if the base is 10, the log. of 100 is 2, for... | |
 | James Thom Beard - Coal mines and mining - 1920 - 454 pages
...raising a number to a given power by the use of logarithms. Definition. — The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number called the "base" to produce the given number. Systems of Logarithms. — There are two... | |
 | Thomas O'Conor Sloane - Electricity - 1924 - 840 pages
...possess polarity and attract iron. The latter are lodestones. Synonym — Hercules Stone Logarithm. The exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number to produce a given number. The fixed number is the base of the system. There are two systems... | |
 | Charles Davies - Algebra - 1891 - 312 pages
...equal to 1 ; if m = 1, M will be equal to 10 ; etc. Hence DKEA — 19. 289 The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise the base of the system in order to produce the number. 217. If, as before, 10 denotes the base of the... | |
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