 | Richard Farley - 1840 - 170 páginas
...characteristic may be positive or negative, and must be supplied according to the following rules : — 1 . The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is positive, and equal to one less than the number of integer places. 2. The characteristic of the logarithm... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1853 - 124 páginas
...supplied. These observations being understood the following Rule must be borne in mind. Rule. The index of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of digits in the integral part, and when the number is less than unity, the index is properly negative,... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1859 - 372 páginas
...of an integer and a fraction. The integral part is called the characteristic, and may be known from the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm...greater than unity, is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus the logarithm of 297 is 2 plus a fraction ; that is, the... | |
 | Joseph Allen Galbraith - 1860 - 288 páginas
...Mantissa ; the integer part, which id called the Characteristic, is not entered, but may be found by The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater...Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 849 is * ; for as this number lies between 100 and 1000, its logarithm must lie between 2 and 3. The mantissa,... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1862 - 176 páginas
...of an integer and a fraction. The integral part is called the characteristic, and may be known from the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, i» one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus the logarithm of 297 is... | |
 | Janet Taylor - 1865 - 184 páginas
...supplied. These observations being understood, the following rule must be borne in mind. Rule. The index of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, is one less than the number of digits in the integral part, and when the number is less than unity, consisting of decimals only, then... | |
 | John Walmsley - 1865 - 232 páginas
...n— I or between n — 1 and n. Therefore the characteristic of its logarithm is n — 1. Hence the rule, — The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is less by one than the number of digits in the integral part of the number. (ii.) Let the number be a... | |
 | Elias Loomis - 1868 - 380 páginas
...an integer and H 'fraction. The integral part is called the characteristic, and may be l>nown from the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, ti one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus the logarithm of 297 is 2... | |
 | Lefébure de Fourcy (M., Louis Etienne) - 1868 - 350 páginas
...of an integer and a fraction. The integral part is called the characteristic, and may be known from the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, гя oке less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus the logarithm of 297... | |
 | Thomas Liddell Ainsley - 1869 - 450 páginas
...oo is all that is registered in the tables, the characteristic being found as follows : — EULE vm. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, is one lets than the number of the digits of its integral part . Thus : the characteristic of the logarithm... | |
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RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity, is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. 
