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 ...

MR. JACKSON is an experienced editor and computer of logarithmic tables, having already published “Accented Five-Figure Logarithms,” “Pocket Logarithms and other Tables,” &c. Different calculations ...

THERE can be little doubt that much time is lost by students and others who have occasion to make numerical calculations through unfamiliarity with the practical advantages of logarithms. In the ...