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" To find the logarithm of a vulgar fraction. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator... "
The New American Practical Navigator: Being an Epitome of Navigation ... - Page 22
by Nathaniel Bowditch - 1826 - 617 pages
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A Compleat System of Astronomy ...

Charles Leadbetter - Astronomy - 1742 - 530 pages
...this Mark — on the top of the Figure, ihew they are leu than Unity, or deficient Logarithms. i. 50 find the Logarithm of a Vulgar Fraction. RULE. Subtract the Logarithm of the Numerator, from the Logarithm of the Denominator, taken fimply as a whole Number, the Remainder fliall...
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Sherwin's Mathematical Tables: Contriv'd After a Most Comprehensive Method ...

Henry Sherwin - Logarithms - 1742 - 438 pages
...fame as by the Table. 542375» 6-7343°O3 VI. A proper Fr&Rion being given, io find it's Logarithm. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the Ixig. fought, and is always the Logarithm of a Decimal Fraction. Note, The Index...
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Sherwin's Mathematical Tables: Contriv'd After a Most Comprehensive Method ...

1742 - 468 pages
...fame as by the Table. 542375» 6.7343003 VI. A proper Frafiion being given, to find it's Logarithm. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the Log. fought, andisalways the Logarithm of a Decimal' Fraction. Note, The Index...
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Mathematics: Compiled from the Best Authors and Intended to be the ..., Volume 1

Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...characteristic being prefixed, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number be a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always...
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The shipwright's vade-mecum [by D. Steel].

David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...which, if the index be prefixed, the logarithm is 2.41447. TO FIND THE LOGARITHM OF A VULGAR FRACTION. SUBTRACT the logarithm of the denominator from the...when the denominator is the greatest, the remainder is the logarithm required. What is the logarithm of |? Logarithm of 5=69897 9=95424 9.74473 Answer....
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An Introduction to the Theory and Practice of Plane and Spherical ...

Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...a vulgar fraction. RULE. Reduce compound fractions, mixed fractions, &c. to simple fractions. Then subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator ; if you carry 1, add it to the index of the logarithm of the denominator; then take the difference...
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Mathematical Tables;: Containing the Common, Hyperbolic, and Logistic ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 574 pages
...and find its logarithm as above. Or else (having reduced the mixt number to an improper fraction), subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction sought. JEr. 1.Tofindthelog.of.,^orO-1875....
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An Introduction to Algebra: With Notes and Observations: Designed for the ...

John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1811 - 230 pages
...proper characteristic, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number is a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always...
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A Course of Mathematics ...: Composed for the Use of the Royal Military ...

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...proper index, will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always...
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A Course of Mathematics: For the Use of Academies as Well as Private Tuition

Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1812 - 620 pages
...proper index, will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction : subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always...
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