 ... 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...  An Essay on the Principle of Population - Page 12by Thomas Robert Malthus - 2013 - 324 pagesLimited preview - About this book
 | Thomas Jarrold - Malthusianism - 1806 - 420 pages
...increase as th& numbers I, 2, 4, 8, j6, 32, 64, 128, 256 ; and subsistence, as 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth, yet still the power of population being in every period so much superior, the increase of the human... | |
 | William Keir - Law - 1807 - 284 pages
...the mea.us of subsistence as 256 to 9 ; and in "three centuries, as 4O96 to 13. In this sup" position no limits whatever are placed to the " produce of the earth, It may increase for " ever in any assignable quantity ; yet still the " power of population being in every period so " much superior,... | |
 | 734 pages
...increase as the numbers J, 2, 4, S, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256; and subsistence as ], 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, H, 9. In this supposition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth, yet still the power of population being m every period so much superior, the increase of the human... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Population - 1807 - 606 pages
...4096 to i3, and in two thoufand years the difference would be almoft incalculable. In this fuppofition no limits whatever are placed to the produce of the earth. It may in. creafe for ever, and be greater than any affignable quantity; yet ftill the power of population... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...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 - Ireland - 1812 - 954 pages
...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 - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 610 pages
...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... | |
 | English literature - 1817 - 592 pages
...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 - Great Britain - 1818 - 576 pages
...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 some situations, as in the northern states of America, where the means of subsistence have been more... | |
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