 | Aaron Schuyler - 1873 - 536 sider
...=3.95323. Log .8979 =T95323. " 897.9 = 2.95323. " .08979 =^95323. " 89.79 = 1.95323. " .008979 = 3795323. The minus sign applies only to the characteristic...figures. 2. If the number is entirely decimal, the characteristic is negative and is one greater, numerically, than the number of 0'8 immediately following... | |
 | Aaron Schuyler - 1864 - 512 sider
...Log .8979 =JL95323. " 897.9 == 2.95323. " .08979 =~2.95323. " 89.79 = 1.95323. " .008979 = 3.95323. " 8.979 = 0.95323. . . . . The minus sign applies only...integral or mixed, the characteristic is positive and in one less than the number of integral figures. 2. If the number is entirely decimal, the characterixtic... | |
 | Alfred Hix Welsh - 1894 - 228 sider
...the logarithm of any number divided by 10 is one less than the logarithm o£ the number. THEOREM III. If the number is integral or mixed, the characteristic is positive, and is 1 less than the number of integral places. Suppose it to be known that log 672887 = 5.8279. Dividing... | |
 | William Galt Raymond - 1896 - 524 sider
...is used in practice. 10. The characteristic is found as follows : When the number is greater than i, the characteristic is positive, and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point ; when the number is less than i, the characteristic is negative,... | |
 | Charles Winthrop Crockett - 1896 - 132 sider
...is used in practice. 10. The characteristic is found as follows : When the number is greater than i, the characteristic is positive, and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point ; when the number is less than i, the characteristic is negative,... | |
 | Daniel Alexander Murray - 1899 - 350 sider
...and (2) comes the following rule for finding the characteristic : When the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is positive and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point; when the number is less than 1, the characteristic is negative,... | |
 | Daniel Alexander Murray - 1906 - 466 sider
...obtained by the following rule, which is deduced in algebra : * When the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is positive, and is one less than the number of figures to the left of the decimal point ; when the number is less than 1, the characteristic is negative,... | |
 | Baldwin-Lima-Hamilton Corporation - 1912 - 168 sider
...decimal part is called the mantissa. The characteristic of a logarithm of any number greater than unity is positive and is one less than the number of integral figures in the given number. The characteristic of a number consisting entirely of a decimal fraction is negative... | |
 | Claude Irwin Palmer, Charles Wilbur Leigh - 1914 - 308 sider
...following rules for determining the characteristic are evident: (1) When the number is greater than 1, the characteristic is positive, and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. (2) When the number is less than 1 and expressed decimally... | |
 | 1915 - 382 sider
...the decimal point of a number. The rules are as follows : — If the number is greater than unity, the characteristic is positive, and is one less than the number of digits to the left of the decimal point. If the number is less than unity, the characteristic is negative,... | |
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For a number greater than 1, the characteristic is positive and is one less than the number of digits before the decimal point. 
