Complete Explanation 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 ...

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 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 ...

Logarithms are a common idea today, even though we don’t use them as often as we used to. After all, one of the major uses of logarithms is to simplify computations, and computers do that just fine ...

Logarithms are a convenient way to express large numbers. Before the invention of calculators, the only alternative to slide rules was to use tables of logarithms. Some important formulae, also called ...

The Assurance Magazine, and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Vol. 12, No. 3 (APRIL, 1865), pp. 121-136 (16 pages) ...

The Assurance Magazine, and Journal of the Institute of Actuaries, Vol. 6, No. 5 (OCTOBER, 1856), pp. 298-300 (3 pages) This item is openly available as part of an ...