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Explaining the Construction of Logarithm Tables to 3rd Formers and a Note on e*

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 November 2016

S. Inman
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Extract

Whether it is because of the utility aspect or whether it is because of some other reason, boys are invariably interested in logarithms. Whenever I take up the subject with a form, at least one boy will ask: “Please, Sir, how were logarithm tables constructed?” When a master is confronted with this question, he usually thinks of logarithmic expansions, and he is obliged to tell the boy that the explanation is beyond his understanding.

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Research Article
Information
The Mathematical Gazette , Volume 27 , Issue 274 , May 1943 , pp. 68 - 76
Copyright
Copyright © Mathematical Association 1943

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A paper read to the London Branch of the Mathematical Association.

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* A paper read to the London Branch of the Mathematical Association.