 | Nathaniel Bowditch - Nautical astronomy - 1826 - 764 pages
...is evidently the index of the logarithm of a fraction less than unity. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RCLE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm...remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE Drride 875 by 25. 875 log. 2.94201 25 log. 1.39794 Quotient 35 log. 1.54407 EXAMPLE III. Diride 0,00315... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1827 - 412 pages
...0.007685 log. 3.885644 — 7-885644 Product 0.179254 1.253468 9.253468. PROBLEM IV — To perform Division by Logarithms. RULE. — From the logarithm of the...subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. Ex. 1.— Divide 5486 by 96. Dividend 5486 log. 3.739256 Divisor... | |
 | John Gummere - Surveying - 1828 - 404 pages
...continued product of 343, 1.794,5.41 and .019. Ans. 63.25. •/ PROBLEM IV. To divide numbers by means of Logarithms. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend,...the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be trie logarithm of the quotient. Note. — When the divisor exceeds the dividend, the question must... | |
 | E. S. Norman Campbell - English language - 1830 - 304 pages
...together, the sum will be the logarithm of their product ; and if from the logarithm of the dividend you subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Accurate tables have been published, containing the logarithms of every number, from 1 to 100,000,... | |
 | Jeremiah Day - Measurement - 1831 - 394 pages
..."3^93601 Into -0.0096 3.98227 Prod. .+0.5402 1.73251 Prod. +0.6557 1.81669 DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. 41. FROM THE LOGARITHM OF THE DIVIDEND, SUBTRACT THE LOGARITHM OF THE DIVISOR ; THE DIFFERENCE WILL BE THE LOGARITHM OF THE QUOTIENT. (Art. 36.) Numbers. Logarithms. Numbers. ' Logarithms.... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1831 - 632 pages
...2 to carry cancels the - 2, and there remains the — 1 to set down. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. HULE. FROM the logarithm of the dividend, subtract the logarithm of the divisor, and the number answering to the remainder will be the quotient required. Change the sign of the index... | |
 | William Galbraith - Astronomy - 1834 - 454 pages
...0.007685 log 3.885644 — 7-885644 Product 0.179254 1.253468 9.253468 PROBLEM IV. — To perform Division by Logarithms. RULE. — From the logarithm of the...subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient. Ex. 1.— Divide 5486 by 96. Dividend 5486 log 3.739256 Divisor 96... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Logarithms - 1834 - 466 pages
...the 2 to carry cancels the §, and there remains the I to set down. b II. Division, by Logarithm*. From the logarithm of the dividend, subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the remainder is a logarithm, whose corresponding number will be the quotient required. . But first observe to change... | |
 | Charles Davies - Navigation - 1837 - 342 pages
...the division of their numbers (Art. 3). Hence, if we find the logarithm of the dividend, and from it subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. This additional caution may be added. The difference of the logarithms, as here used, means the algebraic... | |
 | Thomas Holliday - Surveying - 1838 - 404 pages
...together, the sum will be the logarithm of the product; and if from the logarithm of the dividend you subtract the logarithm of the divisor, the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. Again, if the logarithm of any number be divided by 2, the quotient will be the logarithm of the square... | |
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DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. From the logarithm of the dividend subtract the logarithm of the divisor ; the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient EXAMPLE I. 
