It is a common exercise in schools to plot on squared paper, numbers and their logarithms ... of calculation. Indeed, I do not think it right to give a boy the idea that he may find log.

Logarithms are a convenient way to express large numbers. Before the invention of calculators, the only alternative to slide rules was to use tables of logarithms.

Complete Explanation A logarithm is the power which a certain number is raised to get another number. Before calculators and ...

Logarithmetica Britannica: being a Standard Table of Logarithms to Twenty Decimal Places. By Dr. Alexander John Thompson. Part 4: Numbers 40,000 to 50,000. (Tracts for Computers, No. 16.) ...