The Field Engineer: A Handy Book of Practice in the Survey, Location, and Trackwork of Railroads; Containing ... Rules and Tables ... Applicable to ... the Standard and the Narrow Gauge ...D. van Nostrand, 1880 - 318 páginas |
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... figure annexed thus to an expression is called its exponent . It requires the principal to which it is attached to ... figure , called the index , as in the marginal figure , it indicates that the cube root of the quantity covered by it ...
... figure annexed thus to an expression is called its exponent . It requires the principal to which it is attached to ... figure , called the index , as in the marginal figure , it indicates that the cube root of the quantity covered by it ...
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... figures in the given number . Thus , if a number lies between 1 and 10 , its logarithm lies between 0 and 1 ; that is , it is equal to 0 plus a decimal . If a number lies between 10 and 100 , its logarithm is equal to 1 plus a decimal ...
... figures in the given number . Thus , if a number lies between 1 and 10 , its logarithm lies between 0 and 1 ; that is , it is equal to 0 plus a decimal . If a number lies between 10 and 100 , its logarithm is equal to 1 plus a decimal ...
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... figures of it in column N ; then pass along a horizontal line until you come to the column headed with the fourth figure of the number . At this place will be found the mantissa . Thus the logarithm of 7200 is 3.857332 ; that of 8536 is ...
... figures of it in column N ; then pass along a horizontal line until you come to the column headed with the fourth figure of the number . At this place will be found the mantissa . Thus the logarithm of 7200 is 3.857332 ; that of 8536 is ...
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... figure , thus converting the number into a mixed number . Find the mantissa of the entire part by the method last ... figures equal to the characteristic plus 1 ; the result will be the number required . If the char- acteristic is ...
... figure , thus converting the number into a mixed number . Find the mantissa of the entire part by the method last ... figures equal to the characteristic plus 1 ; the result will be the number required . If the char- acteristic is ...
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... figure from 9 until the last significant figure is reached , which must be taken from 10. Thus 8.130456 is the arithmet- ical complement of 1.869544 . To divide one number by another by means of the arith- metical complement , find the ...
... figure from 9 until the last significant figure is reached , which must be taken from 10. Thus 8.130456 is the arithmet- ical complement of 1.869544 . To divide one number by another by means of the arith- metical complement , find the ...
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Página 18 - ... the square of the hypothenuse is equal to the sum of the squares of the other two sides.
Página 4 - The logarithm of any power of a number is equal to the logarithm of the number multiplied by the exponent of the power.
Página 11 - ... is supposed to be divided into 60 equal parts, called minutes; and each minute into 60 equal parts, called seconds. Degrees, minutes, and seconds, are designated respectively, by the characters ° ' ". For example, ten degrees, eighteen minutes, and fourteen seconds, would be written 10° 18
Página 4 - The logarithm of the product of two numbers is equal to the sum of the logarithms of the numbers. log» MN = log» M + log