 | A. D. Stanley - 1854 - 426 pàgines
...ciphers at the beginning of the decimal ; as is stated in the second part of the foregoing rule. 1" 8. When the characteristic of a logarithm is negative,...the addition of 10 ; which can lead to no error, if at be kept in mind that such a change has taken place, and due care be taken to make allowance for... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - 1888 - 868 pàgines
...characteristic, and adding 1 to the mantissa. Thus, -2.G9897 = -3 + (1 - .69897) = 3.30103. XOTE. — When the characteristic of a logarithm is negative,...the addition of 10; which can lead to no error, if we are careful to subtract 10. Thus, instead of the logarithms 3.60:3582 and 4.026011, we may write... | |
 | Edward Albert Bowser - 1892 - 392 pàgines
...When the characteristic of a logarithm is negative, it is often, especially in Astronomy and Geodesy, for convenience, made positive by the addition of 10, which can lead to no error, if we are careful to subtract 10. Thus, instead of the logarithm Í.608582, we may write 7.603582 —... | |
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... so that the characteristic of the logarithm of a decimal is negative, and is one greater than the number of ciphers at the beginning of the decimal ; as is stated in the second part of the foregoing rule. 