 | Anthony Dumond Stanley - 1849 - 408 pàgines
....7686381 the mantissa; - 2 is the characteristic of the logarithm of 0.0357. and .5526682 the mantissa. 6. The general rule to determine the characteristic of...figures. Thus the characteristic of the logarithm of 604.27 is 2, as the integral figures viz. 504 are three in number. And the characteristic of the logarithm... | |
 | Joseph Ray - 1866 - 420 pàgines
...0, of 10 is 1, of 100 is 2, of 1000 is 3, and so on; therefore, for any number greater than unity, The Characteristic of the logarithm is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. Thus, the logarithm of 123 is 2 plus a fraction; the logarithm... | |
 | Frederick Mollwo Perkin - 1905 - 352 pàgines
...the integral portion, or characteristic, is obtained by inspection. For numbers greater than unity the characteristic of the logarithm is one less than the number of figures in the integral portion of the number for which the logarithm is required. For example, to... | |
 | United States. War Department - 210 pàgines
...logarithm of 0.064328 is 2.80840. For a number having significant figures to left of decimal point, the characteristic of the logarithm is one less than the number of such figures. For a decimal fraction, the characteristic of the logarithm is negative; its arithmetical... | |
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If the number is greater than 1, the characteristic of the logarithm is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. 