F. L. SEVENOAK, A.M. ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL OF THE ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT, New York THE MACMILLAN COMPANY LONDON: MACMILLAN & CO., LTD. 1898 All rights reserved COPYRIGHT, 1896, BY THE MACMILLAN COMPANY. Set up and electrotyped September, 1896. Reprinted February, May, August, October, 1897; August, 1898. Norwood Press J. S. Cushing & Co. - Berwick & Smith BRIEF EXPLANATIONS AND RULES FOR THE USE OF THESE TABLES an THE logarithm of a number consists in general of two parts, integral part, and a decimal. The integral part is called the characteristic, and the decimal part, when it is so written that it is positive, is called the mantissa. RULE I. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is less by one than the number of digits in its integral part, and is positive. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 48226 is 4. RULE II. The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is greater by unity than the number of ciphers immediately after the decimal point, and is negative. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of .048226 is 2. We indicate that the characteristic is negative by writing the minus sign above it. TABLE I To find the logarithm of a number. (a) When the number is between 1 and 100. The logarithm is on page 1. (b) When the number consists of one or two significant figures. |