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Logarithms
Logarithms The logarithm of a positive real number xto the base- ais the number ythat satisfies the equation ay= x.In symbols, the logarithm of xto the base- ais log ax,and, if ay= x,then y= log ... Read more |
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Log Cabin
LOG CABIN LOG CABIN. Origins of the log cabin remain obscure. Historians asserted that Swedes on the lower Delaware introduced such construction in 1638. Others cited a log blockhouse, McIntyre Garrison (York, Maine), built between 1640 and 1645, as evidence that New England colonists had learned... Read more |
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logarithm
logarithm [Gr.,=relation number], number associated with a positive number, being the power to which a third number, called the base, must be raised in order to obtain the given positive number. For example, the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 is 2, written log 10 100=2, since 10 2 =100.... Read more |
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birling
birling , sport in which two competitors try to maintain balance on a floating log, each seeking to rotate the log and spill the other into the water. With origins in the spring log drives in New England, it became popular with American lumberjacks after the middle of the 19th cent. The first public... Read more |
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log
log. 1. The shortened name for a log book. 2. The name given to any device for measuring the speed of a vessel through the water or the distance it has sailed in a given time. All the early types of devices for doing this were based on the same principle.Common Log. This was first described in... Read more |
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William Tennent
William Tennent 1673-1745, American Presbyterian clergyman and educator, b. Ireland, grad. Univ. of Edinburgh, 1695. He was ordained in the Church of Ireland in 1706. He emigrated to America c.1718; in 1726 he was called to a pastorate in Neshaminy, Pa., where he stayed the remainder of his life.... Read more |
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Palawan
Palawan , island (1990 pop. 528,287), 4,550 sq mi (11,785 sq km), 5th largest of the Philippines, N of Borneo and between the Sulu Archipelago and the South China Sea. Lumbering is an important industry on Palawan. There is concern that excessive logging and slash-and-burn farming will deplete the... Read more |
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puncheon
puncheon , plank or board made by hewing instead of sawing. American pioneers who could not procure the products of sawmills made much use of puncheons in their log buildings. The puncheons used for floors were split logs hewn smooth on the split side only.... Read more |
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Priceless: MLB.com and Mastercard Launch Ticket Promo.
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