 | 1742 - 468 pages
...fame as by the Table. 542375» 6.7343003 VI. A proper Frafiion being given, to find it's Logarithm. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the Log. fought, andisalways the Logarithm of a Decimal' Fraction. Note, The Index of the Log. of a proper... | |
 | Henry Sherwin - Logarithms - 1742 - 438 pages
...fame as by the Table. 542375» 6-7343°O3 VI. A proper Fr&Rion being given, io find it's Logarithm. Subtract the Logarithm of the denominator from the Logarithm of the numerator, the remainder is the Ixig. fought, and is always the Logarithm of a Decimal Fraction. Note, The Index of the Log. of a proper... | |
 | Alexander Ewing - Logarithms - 1779 - 476 pages
...logarithm of 5678979 ? Anf* 6. 75427° i • 4. To find the'logarithm of a proper fraction, tobtraft the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm...the numerator, the remainder is the logarithm of the fraftion. EXAM. What is the logarithm of |4| ? From the log. of 179 (add ^o to its ¡ndej) 1 2.3528530... | |
 | Alexander Ewing - Logarithms - 1799 - 512 pages
...logarithm of a jnixt number, fuch as 1-£, Reduce the mixt number to an improper fraction, and fubtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator \. the remainder is the an-. fwer. EXAM. 1. What is the logarithm of 1-J ? ' 1{- = i From the log. of 3 .4771213 Subtr. the... | |
 | Mathematics - 1801 - 446 pages
...characteristic being prefixed, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number be a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | David Steel - 1805 - 392 pages
...which, if the index be prefixed, the logarithm is 2.41447. TO FIND THE LOGARITHM OF A VULGAR FRACTION. SUBTRACT the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, borrowing 10 in the index, when the denominator is the greatest, the remainder is the logarithm required.... | |
 | Thomas Keith - Navigation - 1810 - 478 pages
...a vulgar fraction. RULE. Reduce compound fractions, mixed fractions, &c. to simple fractions. Then subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator ; if you carry 1, add it to the index of the logarithm of the denominator; then take the difference... | |
 | John Bonnycastle - Algebra - 1811 - 230 pages
...proper characteristic, will give the logarithm required. And if the given number is a proper fraction, subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 406 pages
...proper index, will give the logarithm required. 5. And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always... | |
 | Charles Hutton - Mathematics - 1811 - 574 pages
...and find its logarithm as above. Or else (having reduced the mixt number to an improper fraction), subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the fraction sought. JEr. 1.Tofindthelog.of.,^orO-1875.... | |
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And if the given number be a proper vulgar fraction ; subtract the logarithm of the denominator from the logarithm of the numerator, and the remainder will be the logarithm sought ; which, being that of a decimal fraction, must always have a negative... 
