The British Encyclopedia: Or, Dictionary of Arts and Sciences. Comprising an Accurate and Popular View of the Present Improved State of Human Knowledge, Volume 4Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme, 1809 - 684 pages |
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... LOGARITHMS . IX . opposite the article LUNETTE . X. in the middle of the article MENSURATION . XI . at the end of the article NAVIGATION . MUSIC , in the middle of Sheet O o . PISCES V. in the middle of Sheet N n . Troughton's ...
... LOGARITHMS . IX . opposite the article LUNETTE . X. in the middle of the article MENSURATION . XI . at the end of the article NAVIGATION . MUSIC , in the middle of Sheet O o . PISCES V. in the middle of Sheet N n . Troughton's ...
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... LOGARITHMIC , in general , something belonging to logarithms . See LOGARITHMS . LOGARITHMIC curve . If on the line A N ( Plate VIII . Miscel . fig . 12 ) both ways in . definitely extended , be taken , AC , CE , EG , GI , IL , on the ...
... LOGARITHMIC , in general , something belonging to logarithms . See LOGARITHMS . LOGARITHMIC curve . If on the line A N ( Plate VIII . Miscel . fig . 12 ) both ways in . definitely extended , be taken , AC , CE , EG , GI , IL , on the ...
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... logarithm of the ratio of those numbers ; and , indeed , doth not measure the ratio itself , but the number of terms ... logarithm of 1 ; the 0.301036 root of 10 , which is 2 , will be the logarithm of 2 ; the 0.477121 root of 10 ...
... logarithm of the ratio of those numbers ; and , indeed , doth not measure the ratio itself , but the number of terms ... logarithm of 1 ; the 0.301036 root of 10 , which is 2 , will be the logarithm of 2 ; the 0.477121 root of 10 ...
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... logarithm of op . Thus A C , AD , A E , & c . are the logarithms of oc , od , o e , & c . respectively ; and oa is the quan- tity whose logarithm is supposed equal to nothing . We have here abstracted from numbers , that the doctrine ...
... logarithm of op . Thus A C , AD , A E , & c . are the logarithms of oc , od , o e , & c . respectively ; and oa is the quan- tity whose logarithm is supposed equal to nothing . We have here abstracted from numbers , that the doctrine ...
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... logarithms are deduced . They are the measures of ratios . The excess of the logarithm of the antecedent above the logarithm of the con- sequent , measures the ratio of those terms . The measure of the ratio of a greater quan- tity to a ...
... logarithms are deduced . They are the measures of ratios . The excess of the logarithm of the antecedent above the logarithm of the con- sequent , measures the ratio of those terms . The measure of the ratio of a greater quan- tity to a ...
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