Taking the whole earth, instead of this island, emigration would of course be excluded; and, supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions, the human species would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence... The Literary Magazine, and American Register - Page 361edited by - 1804Full view - About this book
| David Hoffman - Law - 1836 - 444 pages
...would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to...of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4,096 to 13, and in two thousand years, the difference would be almost incalculable.'* The natural... | |
| Henry Charles Carey - Economics - 1837 - 1158 pages
...64, 128, 256 — while the former can only increase as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, H, !i ; and thus, that in two centuries the population would be to the means...of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries, as 4,096 to 13; and in 2,000 years, the difference would be almost incaleulable, were it not that this... | |
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1838 - 460 pages
...known' the population bas been found to double itself in fifteen years."—Malta ' vol. i., p. 7. " In two centuries the population would be to the means...of subsistence as 256 to 9; In three centuries, as 4,0% to 13; and in 2,000 years the difference would be almost incalculable."—Makh., p. 13. t " Very... | |
| Sharon Turner - 1838 - 460 pages
...would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 84. 128, 256 ; and subsistence as 1. 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. "In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 10 9; in three centuries, as 4,096 to 13; and in 2,000 years the difference would be almost incalculable."—... | |
| Sharon Turner - Creation - 1838 - 454 pages
...would increase as the numbers 1, S, 4, 8,16, 32, 84, 128,256; and subsistence as 1.3,3,4, 5,6,7, S, 9. " In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence is 256 to 9; in three centuries, as 4,0% to 13; and in 2,000 years ths difference would be almost incalculable."—Malt... | |
| Henry Charles Carey - Business & Economics - 1840 - 290 pages
...32, 64, 128, 256 — while the former can only increase as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ; and thus, that in two centuries the population would be to the means...of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries, as 4,096 to 13; and in 2,000 years, the difference would be almost incalculable, were it not that this... | |
| 1840 - 526 pages
...increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6,7,8,9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries, 4,096 to 13 ; and in two thousand years, the difference would be almost incalculable." Now to meet... | |
| Absalom Peters, Selah Burr Treat, John Holmes Agnew - American periodicals - 1841 - 622 pages
...would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to...means of subsistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries, 4,096 to 13; and in two thousand years, the difference would be almost incalculable. Now to meet this,... | |
| Dugald Stewart - Economics - 1855 - 490 pages
...In two centuries and a quarter, the population would l>e to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10 ; in three centuries, as 4096 to 13 ; and in two thousand...years, the difference would be almost incalculable, though the produce in that time would have increased to an immense extent." * [Mr. Malthus is here... | |
| Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 496 pages
...In two centuries and a quarter, the population would be to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10 ; in three centuries, as 4096 to 13 ; and in two thousand...years, the difference would be almost incalculable, though the produce in that time would have increased to an immense extent." * [Mr. Malthusinhcrc referred... | |
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