 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
 | Dugald Stewart - 1855 - 490 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. Malthus is here... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Business & Economics - 1856 - 588 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." We cannot find... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1856 - 590 pages
...centuries, the population would be to the means 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." We cannot find much comfort in the fact, that the human race have already inhabited this globe for... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 576 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." We cannot find... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Economics - 1859 - 586 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." We cannot find... | |
 | Joseph Brown - Diet - 1865 - 102 pages
...and a quarter the population would be to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10 ; in three centuries 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.' f Fearful was the storm... | |
 | William Lucas Sargant - Economics - 1867 - 238 pages
...256," (a geometrical ratio) " and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 " (an arithmetical ratio). " In two centuries the population would be to the means...years the difference would be almost incalculable." Nor is this intended as a whimsical illustration, Not mere like that in Sandford and Merton, where... | |
 | Jurisprudence - 1868 - 852 pages
...the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, f 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. la two centuries the population would be to the means...years the difference would be almost incalculable." This proposition was predicated upon very loose evidence. There was nothing in the history of the world... | |
 | Francis Bowen - 1870 - 512 pages
...human species would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. In two centuries, the Population would be to the means...of subsistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries, as 4,096 to 1.3 ; and in two thousand years, the difference would be almost incalculable." Malthus does... | |
 | Francis Bowen - Business & Economics - 1870 - 586 pages
...human species would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6. 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 two thousand years, the difference would be almost incalculable." Malthus does... | |
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