 | Charles Davies - 1830 - 318 σελίδες
...characteristic, the decimal part being positive (16). If the decimal were .006, its logarithm would be the same, excepting the characteristic, which would be —3....between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures ; therefore, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found, by considering it as a... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1830 - 390 σελίδες
...it as aw/ioL number, and then prefixing to its logarithm a negative characteristic, greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant place oj figures. 19. To find, in the tables, a number answering to a given logarithm. Search, in the... | |
 | Robert Gibson - 1833 - 436 σελίδες
...characteristic, the decimal part being positive (16). If the decimal were .006, its logarithm would be the same, excepting the characteristic, which would be — 3....between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures ; therefore, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found, by considering it as a... | |
 | 1836 - 192 σελίδες
...the decimal part being positive (16). If the decimal were • .006, its logarithm would be the same, excepting the charac'teristic, which would be —...between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures ; therefore, the logarithm of a decimal fraction is found, by considering it as a... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - 1836 - 394 σελίδες
...and then prefixing to the decimal part of its logarithm a negative characteristic, greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant place of figures. Thus, the logarithm of .0412, is 2.614897. PROBLEM. To find from the table, a number... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1837 - 342 σελίδες
...form 0.06 it might be written TW ; taking the logarithms, we have, log TW=log 06 — 2 = — 2+log 06 = — 2.778151 in which the minus sign, as before,...always be one greater than the number of ciphers' be tween the decimal point and the first significant figure: Therefore, the logarithm of a decimal... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1845 - 382 σελίδες
...logarithm of its numerator, regarded as a whole number, a negative characteristic greater by unity than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. To demonstrate this in a general manner, let a denote the numerator of a decimal fraction, and b its... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1862 - 532 σελίδες
...Ttte characteristic of the logarithm о/1 ANY DECIMAL FRACTION is a negative number, and it one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. For it has been shown (Art 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001 is —... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1862 - 518 σελίδες
...characteristic of the logarithm O/'ANY DECIMAL FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more tftan the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant figure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001 is —... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1863 - 504 σελίδες
...8. The characteristic of the logarithm of ANY DECIMAL FRACTION is a negative number, and is one more than the number of ciphers between the decimal point and the first significant Jigure. For it has been shown (Art. 4) that the logarithm of 0.1 is — 1, of 0.01 is — 2, of 0.001... | |
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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. 
