 | Webster Wells - Logarithms - 1878 - 124 pages
...last parts of Articles 5 and 6. 8. RULE I. If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For example, characteristic of log 354.89 = 2, characteristic of log 906328.3 = 5, etc. RULE II. If... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 322 pages
...Mantissa is its decimal part. 356. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - 1879 - 346 pages
...its decimal part. 356. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 lest than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of... | |
 | Benjamin Greenleaf - Algebra - 1879 - 376 pages
...its decimal part. 350. The characteristic of the logarithm of any number greater than 1, is 1 lest than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For, the logarithm of 1 is 0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, etc. 357. The characteristic of... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1879 - 468 pages
...the last parts of Arts. 448 and 449. 451. I. If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal For example, characteristic of log 354.89 = 2, characteristic of log 906328.3 = 5, etc. II. If the... | |
 | Webster Wells - Algebra - 1880 - 498 pages
...the last parts of Arts. 448 and 449. 451. I. If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. For example, characteristic of log 354.89 = 2, characteristic of log 906328.3 = 5, etc. II. If the... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Trigonometry - 1882 - 232 pages
...greater than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm one unit less than the number of figures on the left of the decimal point. If the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth, George Anthony Hill - Logarithms - 1883 - 186 pages
...greater than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm one unit less than the number of figures on the left of the decimal point. If the number is less than 1 , make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between... | |
 | Webster Wells - 1883 - 298 pages
...last portions of Arts. 89 and 90 : I. If the number is greater than unity, the characteristic is 1 less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point. II. If the number is less than unity, the characteristic is found by subtracting the number of zeros... | |
 | George Albert Wentworth - Plane trigonometry - 1885 - 96 pages
...greater than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm one unit less than the number of figures on the left of the decimal point. If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between... | |
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If the number is less than 1, make the characteristic of the logarithm negative, and one unit more than the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the given number. 
