 | Thomas Keith - 1826 - 504 pages
...426 X '5 x -004 x -275 x 336. Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (M) To divide one number by another.* Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices be negative, or if the... | |
 | Edinburgh encyclopaedia - 1830 - 842 pages
...case in the third exam* pie, and therefore the index is negative. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. — Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend ; the remainder is the logarithm of the quotient, and the corresponding number is the quotient. Observing... | |
 | Richard Frederick Clarke (the elder.) - 1833 - 158 pages
...96503.8 3.0027 1284, and 472.807 together, by logarithms. Product 17591597. DIVISION BY LOGARITHMS. RULE. Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the natural number answering to the remainder, is the quotient required. Examples. Divide 47965... | |
 | 1836 - 530 pages
...-6020600 Log. 7 = .8-450980 Log. 28 = 1-0000000 Log. 28= 1-4471580 2. To find the logarithm of a quotient, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend. Thus, 20 divided by 5 gives 4 ; the logarithm of 20, diminished by the logarithm of 5, is the logarithm... | |
 | Thomas Keith - 1839 - 498 pages
...426, -5, '004, -275, and 336, Answer 29-128. PROPOSITION VIII. (12) To divide one number by another.* Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. If any of the indices be negative, or if the... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1844 - 394 pages
...12 =3.6697928 ; Logarithm 0 03275 =2.5152113 ; Product, 153,1102, &c. . 2.3850041. II. To divide by logarithms, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLES, 1. Divide 72 by 24, by logarithms.... | |
 | Davis Wasgatt Clark - 1846 - 374 pages
...4675.12 =3.6697928; Logarithm 0.03275 =2.5152113; Product, 153,1102, &c. . 2.3850041. II. To divide by logarithms, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLES. 1. Divide 72 by 24, by logarithms.... | |
 | Olinthus Gilbert Gregory - 1848 - 572 pages
...LOGARITHMS. and the sura will be the logarithm of their product ; or, to divide one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and the remainder will be the logarithm of the quotient of the two numbers. Ex. — Multiply 80 x 43... | |
 | Henry Law - 1853 - 84 pages
...= 1-785330 „ 22 = 1-34*4*3 „ 65 = 1-812913 DIVISION. RULE. — To divide one number by another, subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend., and the remainder mill be the logarithm of the quotient (Prop. N). EXAMPLES. Divide 1 1 64 by 4. Logarithm... | |
 | Daniel O'Gorman - 1856 - 186 pages
...of 100 = 2 Log. of 32 = 5 Sum. Log. of 100,000 = 5 Sum. Division is performed by the subtraction of the Logarithm of the divisor from the Logarithm of the dividend, the remainder is the Logarithm of the quotient. EXAMPLE. 3.— Divide 64 by 8? Log. of 64=6 Log. of 8=3... | |
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To Divide One Number by Another, Subtract the logarithm of the divisor from the logarithm of the dividend, and obtain the antilogarithm of the difference. 
