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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...