...increase as the numbers, 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and the 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 (1926 [1798], p. 21). Of course, population could not expand by a factor of 256 if the food supply...

...etc. 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 incalculable." Such a dreadful view of the future would be enough to discourage any man: "The view,"...

...quarter, the population would be to the means of subsistence as 512 to 10; in three centuries as 4o96 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. No limits whatever are placed...

...would increase as the numbers 1,2,4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as l, 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 4016 to 13, and in two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable." (Malthus 1986:...

...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...two thousand years the difference would be almost incalculable."20 Starvation, except during rare periods of famine, was not what kept the population...

...etc. 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. No limits whatever are placed...

...increase as the numbers, i, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to...supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce ol the earth. It may increase for ever and be greater than any assignable quantity; yet still the power...

...increase as the numbers i. 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, g. 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. Such a result is...

...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.'1 This sounds very impressive, and it was very impressive: it swept his readers off their...

..."ln 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,". The effects of these vast...