...negative, and may be found by The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity, find reduced to the decimal form, is negative, and one...denoted by writing over it the negative sign ; thus, ï, 2, 3, &c. The reason of the rule may be seen from inspecting the preceding table of values of negative...

...characteristics of the logarithms of all numbers less than unity are negative, and may be found by EULE П. The Characteristic of the logarithm of a number less...form, is negative and one greater than the number of cyphers following the decimal point. A negative characteristic is denoted by \vriting over it the negative...

...unityare negative, and may be found by RULE IX. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number lea than unity, and reduced to the decimal form, is negative and one more than the number of cyphers following the decimal point. A negative characteristic is denoted by...

...less than unity are negative, and may be found by ETJLE XXI. The characteristic of the logarithm o/ a number less than unity, and reduced to the decimal form, is negative and one more than the number of cyphers following the decimal point. A negative characteristic is denoted by...

...number. Thus, the index of the logarithm of 47320 is 4. 473-2 ÍS 2. 4732 is o. RULE II. The Index of the logarithm of a number less than unity, and reduced to the form of a decimal fraction, is negative, and is a higher number by one than the number of zeros that...

...given number. Thus, the index of the logarithm of 47320 is 4. 473'2 is 2. 4732 is o. RULE II. The Index of the logarithm of a number less than unity, and reduced to the form of a decimal fraction, is negative, and is a higher number by one than the number of zeros that...