 | Charles William Hackley - 1851 - 536 halaman
...which is to add them together, we have 6"'' = nn' From this last expression, it appears that l-\-l' is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise the base a, in order to produce the number nn'. But nri is the product of n and n'. Hence the logarithm... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 412 halaman
...Gunter's Scale, 222 ELEMENTS 0F SUEYEYIIG. BOOK I. SECTION I. OF LOGARITHMS. 1. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number. This fixed number is called the base of the system,... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre - 1852 - 436 halaman
...radius of the inscribed circle. PLANE TRIGONOMETRY. INTKODUCTION. OF LOG.AEITHMS. 1. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a faced number, in order to produce the first number. This fixed number is called the lase of the system,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1854 - 446 halaman
...Gunter's Scale, . 233 ELEMENTS OE SUBYEYING. BOOK I. SECTION I. OP LOGARITHMS. 1. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a faced number, in order to produce the first number. This fixed number is called the base of the system,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1854 - 436 halaman
...of the circumscribing circle. PLANE TRIGONOMETRY. INTRODUCTION. OF LOGARITHMS. 1. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to. raise a faced number, in order to produce the first number. This fixed number is called the base of the system,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1855 - 340 halaman
...described164 ELEMENTS OF TRIGONOMETRYINTRODUCTION SECTION Ior r- 01; A KIT IIJIH1 The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first numberThis fixed number is called the base of the system,... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1855 - 628 halaman
...book, called the log-book. LOG'A-RITHM [Gr. Aoyor, ratio, and арЛцос. number]. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a nxcd number, called the base, to produce the given number. If we suppose и to preserve a constant... | |
 | William Smyth - 1855 - 370 halaman
...produce these numbers; this would be a table of logarithms. The logarithm of a number, is, therefore, the exponent of the power, to which it is necessary to raise a given or invariable number, in order to produce the proposed number. Thus in the equation a* = y,... | |
 | Adrien Marie Legendre, Charles Davies - 1857 - 442 halaman
...of the circumscribing circle. PLANE TKIGONOMETEY. INTRODUCTION. OF LOGARITHMS. 1. The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number. This fixed number is called the base of the system,... | |
 | Charles Davies, William Guy Peck - 1857 - 608 halaman
...called the log-book. LOG'A-RITHM [Gi. Aoyoc, ratio, and apifffiof, number]. The logarithm of a number ia the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, called the base, to produce the given number. If we suppose a to preserve a constant... | |
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The logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the first number. 
