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 ...

(1) THIS is a clearly printed table of logarithms and antilogarithms to five places with a four figure argument and mean differences. A seven place table of (l+r/100) n for n = 1 to 9 and r = 0.00 to ...

The Monthly publishes articles, as well as notes and other features, about mathematics and the profession. Its readers span a broad spectrum of mathematical interests, and include professional ...

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LOGARITHMS, as anyone forced to use them at school will recall, can speed up the process of mathematical calculation dramatically. By representing numbers as logarithms (with the help of a slide-rule, ...

eCalc is a free Web-based calculator that can handle everything from basic addition and subtraction to logarithms, cosines, and unit conversions. Not online? There's a new desktop version of eCalc for ...

STUDENTS interested in this subject may be recommended to consult “The Construction of the Wonderful Canon of Logarithms,” by John Napier, Baron of Merchiston; translated from Latin into English, with ...

From a university spin-off company in the North of England comes a microprocessor that is claimed to be the first to operate directly on numbers that it holds in a logarithmic representation. The ...