 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1852 - 408 pages
...3.602060. Since the logarithm of .1 ii — 1, of .01 is — 2, of .001 is — 3, and so on ; therefore, The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number, and is one more than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point. ART. 365. To explain the... | |
 | Henry Law - Logarithms - 1853 - 84 pages
...the second decimal figure, the characteristic is — 2, with two noughts it is — 8, and generally, the characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number, greater by unity than the number of noughts following the decimal point. Instead of writing, as we... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1866 - 420 pages
...=—2+ log. 3=— 2.477121, or 2~.477121. Log. 0.004=— 3+ log. 4=— 3.602060, or 3.602060. Hence, the characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number, and is numerically equal to the distance of the first significant figure from the decimal point. 365. On the... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Algebra - 1852 - 422 pages
...4=-5.602060. Since the logarithm of .1 is — 1, of .01 is — 2, of .001 is — 3, and so on ; therefore, The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number, and is one more than the number of zeros immedH ately following the decimal point. ART. 365. To explain the... | |
 | Lefébure de Fourcy (M., Louis Etienne) - Trigonometry - 1868 - 350 pages
...which is one less than the number of integral figures. The characteristic of the logarithm of 5673.29 is 3 ; that of 73254.1 is 4, &c. The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fractгon is a negative number, and is equal to the number of places by which its first significant... | |
 | Henry Law - 1884 - 568 pages
...the second decimal figure, the characteristic is — 2, with two noughts it is — 3, and generally, the characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number, greater by unity than the number of noughts following the decimal point. Instead of writing, as we... | |
 | Elias Loomis - Trigonometry - 1886 - 436 pages
...of integral figures. The characteristic of the logarithm of 5673.29 is 3; that of 73254.1 is 4, etc. The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction...negative number, and is equal to the number of places Ъу which its first significant figure ù removed from the place of units. Thus the logarithm of .0046... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1890 - 990 pages
...is 2, etc. Thus, logarithm of 3304 = 3.51904, 3 being tho index and .51904 the mantissa. The Index of the Logarithm of a Decimal Fraction is a negative number, and is equal to the numbor of places which the. first significant figure of the decimal is removed from the place of units.... | |
 | Robert Wahl, Max Henius - Brewing - 1902 - 1288 pages
...point less I. From o to 10 it is o, from 10 to 99 it is I, from 100 to 999 it is 2, etc. The index of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number and is equal to the number of places which the first figure of the decimal other than o is removed from the decimal point. Index of log.... | |
 | Charles Haynes Haswell - Engineering - 1903 - 1092 pages
...is 2, etc. Thus, logarithm of 3304 = 3.51904, 3 being the index and .51904 the mantissa. The Index of the Logarithm of a Decimal Fraction is a negative number, and is equal to the number of places which the first significant figure of the decimal is removed from the place of units. Thus, index of... | |
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The characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal fraction is a negative number, and is equal to the number of places by which its first significant figure is removed from the place of units. 
