THE publication of these tables helps to mark a change in the use of logarithms, both for teaching and practical purposes. Nowadays most teachers use four-figure tables for teaching purposes, even in ...

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A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. Before calculators and various types of complex computers were invented it was difficult for scientists and ...

Logarithmic tables of numbers and trigonometrical functions, by Baron von Vega. Tr. from the 40th or Dr. Bremiker's thoroughly rev. and enl. ed., by W.L.F. Fischer ..

A logarithm is a mathematical operation that determines how many times a certain number, called the base, is multiplied by itself to reach another number. Because logarithms relate geometric ...

Table of Logarithms and Anti-logarithms (Four Figures), 1 to 10,000. Arranged by Major-Gen. J. C. Hannyngton. Pp. iv + 41. (London: C. and E. Layton, n.d.). Price 1s ...

The Royal Irish Academy, the academy for the sciences and humanities for the whole of Ireland will vigorously promote excellence in scholarship, recognise achievements in learning, direct research ...

You may find this hard to believe, but there are people still alive today who once did their mathematical calculations by sliding sticks back and forth. No keypads, no batteries, no LEDs. Just sticks.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I help people communicate data clearly with graphs. There are two main reasons to use logarithmic scales in charts and graphs. The ...

Any function and its inverse are symmetrical about the line\(y = x\).