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 - Página 361editado por - 1804Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
| Robert Ellis Thompson - 1875 - 438 páginas
...increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 is to 9 ; in three centuries as 4096 is to 13 ; and in two thousand years the difference would be incalculable"... | |
| Henry George - 1879 - 600 páginas
...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." Such a result... | |
| Henry George - 1882 - 104 páginas
...increase as the numbers I, 2, 4, -, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence an i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, ;:. 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 to Q ; in three centuries, 4,096 to 13 ; and in two thousand years the dilference would be almost incalculable."... | |
| Robert Ellis Thompson - 1882 - 430 páginas
..."increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 is to 9 ; in three centuries as 4096 is to 13; and in two thousand years the difference would be incalculable"... | |
| Robert Ellis Thompson - 1882 - 442 páginas
...increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence as 256 is to 9 ; in three centuries as 4096 is to 13; and in two thousand years the difference would be incalculable... | |
| James Baldwin - 1883 - 612 páginas
...geometrical ratio, while subsistence increases only in an arithmetical ratio ;" or, for example, that " in two centuries the population would be to the means...256 to 9, in three centuries as 4096 to 13, and in 2000 years the difference would be almost incalculable. . . . Population not only rises to the level... | |
| 1883 - 856 páginas
...the supply of food increases in the arithmetical series of 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 ; and therefore 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. The deductions... | |
| John Joseph Lalor - 1884 - 1254 páginas
...would increase as the numbers 1,2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 04, 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," etc. (Ibid., p. 6.) — These propositions are true, if not literally, at least approximately. And... | |
| 1888 - 414 páginas
...period only as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, it would follow that at the end of these two hundred years 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 incalculable. This mathematical comparison... | |
| Henry George - 1911 - 594 páginas
...would increase as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1, 2, 8, 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." Such a result... | |
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