 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1856 - 460 pages
...characteristic, and may readily be assigned by the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1 is one less than the number of places of figures which express the integral part of the given number. Thus, we have as follows : Number.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Geometry - 1860 - 472 pages
...characteristic, and may readily be assigned by the following RULE. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1 is one less than the number of places of figures which express the integral part of the given number. Thus, we have as follows : IPumber.... | |
 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Algebra - 1873 - 278 pages
...part is sometimes called the mantissa. 395. Principles. — 1. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is one less than the number of integral orders in the given number. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1908 - 442 pages
...because its logarithm must He between 0 and 1. Hence, generally 3. 77(6 characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1 is one less than the number of its integral orders. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 729.4 is 2; of 7460 is 3 ; of 3.96... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1911 - 330 pages
...because its logarithm must lie between 0 and 1. Hence, generally 3. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1 is one less than the number of its integral orders. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 729.4 is 2; of 74GO is 3 ; of 3.96... | |
 | Herbert Edwin Hawkes, William Arthur Luby, Frank Charles Touton - Algebra - 1911 - 288 pages
...decimal). For the determination of the characteristic we have the rules I. The characteristic of a number greater than 1 is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. II. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is negative and numerically... | |
 | Joseph Victor Collins - Algebra - 1913 - 362 pages
...because its logarithm must lie between 0 and 1. Hence, generally 3. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1 is one less than the number of its integral orders. Thus, the characteristic of the logarithm of 729.4 is 2; of 7460 is 3; of 3.96... | |
 | Henry Lewis Rietz, Arthur Robert Crathorne, Edson Homer Taylor - Algebra - 1915 - 266 pages
...characteristic is 2; and so on. Hence, we have the general rule: The characteristic of the logarithm of a number greater than 1 is one less than the number of digits in the integral part of the number. Thus, the characteristic of log 34.5 is 1; of log 8964.701 is 3;... | |
 | Alfred Monroe Kenyon, William Vernon Lovitt - Mathematics - 1917 - 384 pages
...This can be done by the following simple rules. RULE I. The characteristic of the common logarithm of any number greater than 1, is one less than the number of digits before the decimal point. For if N is a number having n digits in the integral part (ie before the decimal point), then 10"-1... | |
 | Ernst Rudolph Breslich - Logarithms - 1917 - 408 pages
....001, follows that log .001=-3,etc. The table on p. 137 shows the following: The characteristic of a number greater than 1 is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. The characteristic of a number less than 1 is negative and one greater... | |
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The power of 10, for a number less than 1, is negative and is one more than the number of zeros immediately following the decimal point in the original number. 
