Tables of Logarithms of Numbers and of Sines and Tangents for Every Ten Seconds of the Quadrant: With Other Useful TablesHarper & brothers, 1859 - 150 páginas |
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... The characteristic of the logarithm of a number 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 character- istic of the logarithm ...
... The characteristic of the logarithm of a number 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 character- istic of the logarithm ...
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