 | John Rome Battle - Lubrication and lubricants - 1920 - 1280 pages
...while the characteristic of the loga.-ithm of a number less than unity is negative and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Thus the characteristics of the following are shown: Characteristic of log. .9426 = -1 Characteristic... | |
 | David Francis Jordan - Investments - 1920 - 480 pages
...or 8.77815 — 10. The characteristic of the logs of fractions is a minus quantity and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the fraction. Logs are determined irrespective of decimals, the number being considered as... | |
 | Edward Ira Edgerton, Wallace Edgar Bartholomew - Business mathematics - 1922 - 334 pages
...mantissa added is positive. Hence, in general, the characteristic of any number less than 1 is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure, and is negative. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of .00468 is 3; of .7396 is I; of... | |
 | Robert Riegel - Business - 1924 - 586 pages
...our second rule: 2. The characteristic of a number less than one is negative, and it is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first figure other than a cipher.1 .1 = -! .01=~2 .001 = -3 .0001 = -4 Examples Log. of 12 1.07918 Log. of... | |
 | David Francis Jordan - Investments - 1922 - 456 pages
...or 8.77815 — 10. The characteristic of the logs of fractions is a minus quantity and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the fraction. Logs are determined irrespective of decimals, the number being considered as... | |
 | Lucius Tuttle, John Satterly - Mathematics - 1925 - 364 pages
...(including any ciphers) to the left of the decimal point. For any number less than unity it is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure and is negative. 59. Use of a Table of Logarithms. A four-place table of logarithms is in general... | |
 | Lloyd Leroy Smail - Finance - 1925 - 338 pages
...The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than 1 is negative, and is numerically one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure in the given number. These rules are very important and should be thoroughly memorized-,/ EXAMPLES... | |
 | Arthur McCracken Harding, George Walker Mullins - Algebra - 1928 - 344 pages
...point. (2) If 0 < N < 1, the characteristic of log N is negative and may be obtained as follows: Count the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, subtract this number from 9, write the remainder as a positive characteristic and annex —... | |
 | Surveying - 1940 - 414 pages
...Log 1.359 = 0.13322 b. For numbers less than unity, the characteristic is negative. It is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Since the mantissa is positive, the negative sign is placed above the characteristic to show... | |
 | United States. War Department - 410 pages
...Log 1.359 = 0.13322 6. For numbers less than unity, the characteristic is negative. It is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Since the mantissa is positive, the negative sign is placed above the characteristic to show... | |
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FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant Jigure. 
