Abstract
THE first portion of this book treats of the way to use logarithms so as to apply no more figures than necessary; the author pointing out that probably one half of the time expended in computations is wasted through the use of excessive number of places of figures, and through the failure to employ logarithms. With this in view, rules are given showing what place tables to employ, and also how many figures to retain to obtain an accuracy of any desired percentage.
Computation Rules and Logarithms.
By Prof. Silas W. Holman. Pp. xlv + 73. (New York and London: Macmillan and Co., 1896.)
Article PDF
Rights and permissions
About this article
Cite this article
Computation Rules and Logarithms. Nature 54, 76 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/054076a0
Issue Date:
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/054076a0