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When a number is expressed as a power of ten the index is the logarithm of the number to the base ten. Every positive number can be written as a power of ten and the integral powers have been met already in the work on decimals.
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© 1981 Owen Perry and Joyce Perry
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Perry, O., Perry, J. (1981). The Use of Logarithm Tables, Slide Rules and Electronic Calculators. In: Mathematics I. Macmillan Technician Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-05230-1_6
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