 | Frederick Augustus Porter Barnard - 1877 - 916 páginas
...sometimes called the logistic »piral. WG PECK. Logarithms [Gr. Aóyocand¿pi0póc]. The logarithm uf a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number to produce the given number. The fixed number is called the Ъпя«. Thus, in the equation... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - 1880 - 362 páginas
...various grades 317 LOGAEITHMS. I.-II. LOGARITHMS. l. DEFINITIONS AND PEINCIPLES. 1. THE logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number to produce the given number; that is to say, it represents the number of times a fixed... | |
 | Stephen Roper - 1880 - 84 páginas
...Define the terms logarithms and hyperbolic logarithms, and explain their use. A. 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. The use of logarithms is to abridge numerical... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1883 - 614 páginas
...63-71 BOOK I. INTRODUCTORY PRINCIPLES AND DEFINITIONS. SECTION I. LOGARITH MS. 1. The logarithm of a given number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number to produce the given number. The fixed number is called the base of the system. In the... | |
 | Stephen Roper - 1884 - 740 páginas
...Define the terms logarithms and hyperbolic logarithms, explain their use. Answer. — 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. The use of logarithms is to abridge numerical... | |
 | Charles Davies, Adrien Marie Legendre - 1885 - 538 páginas
...MENSURATION. TRIGONOMETRY AND MENSURATION. INTRODUCTION TO TRIGONOMETRY. LOGARITHMS. 1. The LOGARITHM of a given number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed numbe: to produce the given number. The fixed number is called THE BA8E OF THE SY8TEM. Any... | |
 | Edwin James Houston - 1889 - 684 páginas
...register a permanent record of its actual speed at any time during the entire run. Logarithms. — The logarithm of any given number, is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number, in order to produce the given number. A table of logarithms enables the operations... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1889 - 330 páginas
...the general demonstration of the Binomial Formula. CHAPTER XI. LOGARITHMS. 182. THE LOGARITHM of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number to produce the given number. The fixed number is called the base of the system. 183.... | |
 | John Bernard Clarke - 1889 - 566 páginas
...being 13» and in each side of the lowest course 50. CHAPTEE XI. LOGARITHMS. 509. 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 given number. Thus, in the equation a x =N, a being a fixed... | |
 | William Findlay Shunk - 1890 - 360 páginas
...Low water. LOGAEITHMS. I. -II. ¡ LOGARITHMS. ' i. DEFINITIONS AND PRINCIPLES. 1. THE logarithm of a number is the exponent of the power to which it is necessary to raise a fixed number to produce the given number ; that is to say, it represents the number of times a fixed... | |
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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. 
