... the human species 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 the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and... The Collected Works of Dugald Stewart - Seite 64von Dugald Stewart - 1855Vollansicht - Über dieses Buch
| Charles Brockden Brown - 1804 - 740 Seiten
...5, б, Г, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...years the difference would be almost incalculable. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth. It may increase for... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1807 - 386 Seiten
...6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries *' the population would be to the means of sub" sistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries as " 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...the »' difference would be almost incalculable." '« In this supposition no limits whatever are •' placed to the produce of the earth. It may " increase... | |
| William Hazlitt - 1807 - 386 Seiten
...6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries " the population would be tb the means of sub" sistence as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries as " 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...years, the " difference would be almost incalculable." '* In this supposition no limits whatever are " placed to the produce of the earth. It may " increase... | |
| Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 Seiten
...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 as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...years the difference would be almost incalculable. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth. It may increase for... | |
| Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 Seiten
...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 as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand years th«r difference would be almost incalculable. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to... | |
| Wakefield, Edward - 1812 - 954 Seiten
...in two centuries, it 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.* The checks to population which are constantly operating with more or less force in every society, and... | |
| William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - 1815 - 598 Seiten
...7, 8, 9. Hence, in two centuries, the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries, as 4096 to 13; and in two thousand...years the difference would be almost incalculable. Upon this supposition, no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth, it may increase for... | |
| 1817 - 610 Seiten
...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 as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...years the difference would be almost incalculable.' — vol. ip 15. After reading this prefatory statement, we naturally expect to learn, iu the subsequent... | |
| 1817 - 592 Seiten
...centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 400.6 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable.' — vol. ip 15. After reading this prefatory statement, we naturally expect to learn, in the subsequent... | |
| Abraham John Valpy - 1818 - 594 Seiten
...5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries, the population would be to the means of subsistence, as 256 to 9 ; in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in two thousand...years, the difference would be almost incalculable. , -. '. i There are, however, he states, in constant existence, certain checks, operating with more... | |
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