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 ...

THE general procedure in determining numerical values in a scientific investigation is as follows. From a few observations we first compute the approximate values of certain constants, using for this ...

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 ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. What a difference a century makes. In 1914 the most prominent historians of mathematics gathered to celebrate the 300th anniversary of ...