Original: A simple example is when equally-spaced divisions on the vertical axis of a chart are labeled 1 , 10 , 100 , 1000 , instead of 1 , 2 , 3 , 4 .
Simplified: Plots on paper with one log scale can show up exponential laws , and on log-log paper power laws , as straight lines ( see semilog graph , log-log graph ) .