Excerpt from Five-Place Logarithmic and Trigonometric Tables
If the characteristic of a given logarithm is positive, make the number of figures in the integral part of the corresponding number one more than the number of units in the characteristic.
If the characteristic is negative, make the number of zeros between the decimal point and the first significant figure of the corresponding number one less than the number of units in the characteristic.
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