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The 50 pages that link to Logarithm, each with the reason it gives.

• pHNarrower topic: The base-10 logarithm makes each pH unit correspond to a tenfold activity change.

• DecibelNarrower topic: The base-ten logarithm turns multiplicative ratios into additive decibel values.

• Natural logarithmNarrower topic: The natural logarithm is the logarithm with the particular base e.

• Slide ruleNarrower topic: Logarithms convert multiplication into addition, the principle behind the slide rule’s scales.

• Common logarithmNarrower topic: Common logarithms are the base-10 members of this broader family.

• Ralph HartleyNarrower topic: A logarithm makes the information in successive independent choices additive.

• Binary logarithmNarrower topic: Binary logarithm is one member of the broader family of logarithms.

• Edmund GunterNarrower topic: Logarithms made Gunter’s graduated scales useful for multiplying and dividing.

• Henry BriggsNarrower topic: Briggs reshaped logarithms into a practical tool for reducing multiplication and division to addition and subtraction.

• William OughtredNarrower topic: A slide rule converts multiplication into addition through logarithms.