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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 present little book, however, by the consistent employment of the simplest arithmetical illustrations, the author goes far to remove the mystery in which, to many students, the subject appears to be involved by fuller theoretical treatment. The explanations are clear throughout, and these, together with the numerous carefully selected examples, should enable a student of ordinary intelligence to quickly master the use of logarithmic tables. The tables themselves occupy but six pages, two for logarithms, two for reciprocals and two for anti-logarithms. A chapter on methods of rough calculation, intended to verify the results obtained by the use of logarithms, forms a valuable addition to the book. The general subject is excellently illustrated by the application to problems in mensuration, and the whole is brought well within the range of students who have no knowledge of algebra.
An Introduction to the Practical Use of Logarithms.
By F. G. Taylor Pp. vi + 63. (London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1901.) Price 1s. 6d.
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An Introduction to the Practical Use of Logarithms . Nature 64, 424 (1901). https://doi.org/10.1038/064424b0
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