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" The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than 1 is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers immediately following the decimal point. "
Tables of Logarithms to Five Places of Decimals: With Auxiliary Tables - Page x
edited by - 1899 - 76 pages
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Tables of six-figure logarithms. Stereotyped ed

Richard Farley - 1840 - 170 pages
...number greater than unity is positive, and equal to one less than the number of integer places. 2. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative, and equal to one added to the number of 2eros following the decimal point. The decimal part of the logarithm...
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The Elements of Algebra and Trigonometry

William Nathaniel Griffin - Algebra - 1871 - 330 pages
...attached. Thus 2 is the characteristic. And generally by following this reasoning it will appear that the characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative, and is the number of non-significant digits increased by 1. Thus log. -00347 has 3 for its characteristic,...
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Examples in Physics

Daniel Evan Jones - Mathematical physics - 1888 - 334 pages
...2 + a decimal fraction, the decimal part being always kept positive. Hence the rule : — (2.) The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative, and is one more than the number of ciphers immediatelv following the decimal point. Thus the logarithm of...
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A Treatise on Plane and Spherical Trigonometry: And Its Applications to ...

Edward Albert Bowser - Trigonometry - 1892 - 392 pages
...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, and is one more than the number of ciphers immediately after the decimal point. Thus, the characteristics...
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Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables

Edward Albert Bowser - Logarithms - 1908 - 128 pages
...greater than unity is positive, and one less than the number of digits preceding the decimal point. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative, and one more than the number of ciphers immediately after the decimal point. Thus, the characteristics...
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Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables

Edward Albert Bowser - Logarithms - 1895 - 124 pages
...greater than unity is positive, and one less than the number of digits preceding the decimal point. The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative, and one mare than the number of ciphers immediately after the decimal point. Thus, the characteristics...
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Examples in Physics

Daniel Evan Jones - 1896 - 378 pages
...fraction, the decimal part being always kept positive. Hence the rule : — (2.) The charactetistic of the logarithm of a number less than unity is negative, and is one more than the number of ciphers immediately foliowing the decimal point. Thus the logarithm of...
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Elements of Algebra with Exercises

George Egbert Fisher - Algebra - 1899 - 506 pages
...positive decimal. We therefore have : (ii.) Tfie characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than 1 is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers immediately following the decimal point. Eg, log .00035 = — 4 -fa decimal fraction. (iii.) If the...
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Secondary Algebra

George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1900 - 512 pages
...positive decimal. We therefore have : (ii.) The characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than 1 is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers immediately following the decimal point. It follows conversely from (i.) and (ii.) : (iii.) If the...
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Higher Algebra

George Egbert Fisher, Isaac Joachim Schwatt - Algebra - 1901 - 664 pages
...positive decimal. We therefore have : (ii.) TJie characteristic of the logarithm of a number less than 1 is negative, and is numerically one greater than the number of ciphers immediately following the decimal point. Eg, log .00035 = — 4 4- a decimal fraction. (iii.) If the...
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