 | Daniel O'Sullivan - 1872 - 382 páginas
...36500, and 365000 have all the same mantissa — namely, -5622929 — as the logarithm of 365. 284. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is the number indicating how many places the most left-hand digit is from the units' place.* Thus, the... | |
 | George Fuller - 1878 - 26 páginas
...together give the mantissa of the logarithm of the number. To this the indtx has to be added. The index of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of figures in the integral part of that number. Thus the index of 5432 is 3, of 543-2 is 2, of 54-32 is... | |
 | John Bascombe Lock - 1882 - 378 páginas
...of a logarithm can be always obtained by the following rule, which is evident from page 167. RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. The characteristic of a number less than unity is negative, and (when... | |
 | Sydney Lupton - 1882 - 374 páginas
...=0, 10=10', log 10 =1, 100=10°, log 100 =2, 1000 = 102, log 1000 = 3. Hence the characteristic for a number greater than unity is one less than the number of figures in the integral part of the number. When a characteristic is negative the minus sign is written... | |
 | John Bascombe Lock - 1885 - 368 páginas
...of a logarithm can be always obtained by the following rule, which is evident from page 167. RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. O The characteristic of a number less than unity is negative, and... | |
 | Daniel Evan Jones - 1888 - 332 páginas
...and the logarithm of any number between 100 and 1000 lies between 2 and 3. Hence the rule : — (1.) The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of integral figures in that number. Thus log 3-14 = 0-4969 log 3 1-4 =1-4969 log 3 14 =2-4969 log 3140... | |
 | Alexander Wynter Blyth - 1890 - 762 páginas
...together give the mant.issa of the logarithm of the number. To this the index has to be added. The index of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of figures in the integral part of that number. Thus the index of 5432 is 3, of 543'2 is 2, of 54-32 is... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - 1891 - 606 páginas
...f)!""1) + a fraction. .'. }ogN =(n— 1 ) + a fraction. ^ Hence the characteristic is n— 1 ; that is, the characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is less by one t/um the number of digits in its integral part, and is positive. 211. To determine the... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - 1892 - 392 páginas
...examples that the characteristic of a logarithm can always be obtained by the following rule : BULK. — The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than unity is one less than the number of digits in the whole number. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative,... | |
 | Henry Sinclair Hall, Samuel Ratcliffe Knight - 1893 - 434 páginas
...lQ(>ll)-hl lection . . ' . log N— (n - 1 ) + a fraction. Hence the characteristic is n — 1 ; that is, 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 i& positive. 163. To determine the... | |
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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 that number. 
