 | Henry Raper - Nautical astronomy - 1882 - 952 pages
...in the whole number, and one less than i is o. (2.) When the number consists of decimals only, count the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant* figure after it, and subtract this number from 9 ; the remainder is the index. Ex. 1. Find the log.... | |
 | Robert Hamilton Pinkerton - Trigonometry - 1884 - 194 pages
...rule: — The characteristic of the logarithm of a number which is less than unity is negative and greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Thus the numbers of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure in the... | |
 | David Martin Sensenig - Algebra - 1890 - 556 pages
...— The characteristic of the logarithm of a pure decimal is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. 472. To designate that the characteristic is negative and the mantissa positive, it is customary... | |
 | George W. Lilley - Algebra - 1892 - 420 pages
...m"lx Find the number of digits in the values of: 12. 312X28; 2м; IG100; (4375)8; (396000)10. Find the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure in the values of: 13. (.2)*; (.5)100; (.05)5; (.033G)10 ; V8100. 14. Given log x = 2.30103,... | |
 | Ernest William Hobson, Charles Minshall Jessop - Plane trigonometry - 1892 - 328 pages
...104 = 2-0170333 find log 2-6. 8. Find the number of digits in the integral part of (Г04)1000, and the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure of (-6)100. 9. If log y£ff =p and log 2 = q, then log 4100 =p + l2q. 10. Given log 59579 =... | |
 | George P. Lilley - Algebra - 1894 - 522 pages
...(m')3. 4WV Find the number of digits in the values of: 12. 312X28; 26*; 16100; (4375)8; (396000)10. Find the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure in the values of: 13. (.2)*; (.5)100; (.05)5; (.0336)10 ; "V8100. 14. Given log x = 2.30103,... | |
 | Rolla Clinton Carpenter - Heating - 1895 - 442 pages
...and is one less than the number of integral places; for a decimal number it is negative and one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. Thus, to find the logarithm of 254, a number containing 3 integral places, the index is 2,... | |
 | John Bascombe Lock - Logarithms - 1896 - 244 pages
...of a number less than unity is negative, and (when the number is expressed as a decimal) is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure to the right of the decimal point. When the characteristic is negative, as for example in the... | |
 | Electrical engineering - 1897 - 126 pages
...number. For a number wholly decimal the characteristic is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first digit of the decimal. II. To find the Logarithm of a Number not having more than four figures. —... | |
 | International Correspondence Schools - Engineering, Mechanical - 1897 - 612 pages
...number. For a number wholly decimal the characteristic is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first digit of the decimal. II. To find the Logarithm of a Number not having more than four figures. —... | |
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The characteristic of a number less than 1 is found by subtracting from 9 the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant digit, and writing — 10 after the result. 
