 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...  Population and Capital: ... a course of lectures delivered before the ... - Page 60by sir George Kettilby Rickards - 1854Full view - About this book
 | William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 394 pages
...increase as the numbers 1, 2, " 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 236, and subsistence as '' 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 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 yrars, the " difference... | |
 | William Hazlitt - Malthusianism - 1807 - 386 pages
...as the numbers 1, 2, *' 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 2-56, and subsistence as »' 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 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 years, the »'... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - Population - 1807 - 606 pages
...inereafe as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, i6, 32, 64, i28, 256', and fubfiftence as i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of fubfiftence as 256 to 9; in three centuries as 4096 to i3, and in two thoufand years the difference... | |
 | Thomas Robert Malthus - 1809 - 576 pages
...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...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
...thereby excluded ; and supposing the present population equal to a thousand millions 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... | |
 | 1812 - 498 pages
...would increase as tin numbers 1,2,4, 8, 10/32, 61, 128, 250, and sub sutence as 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. In two centuries the population would be to the means of subsistence a* 256 to 9." This excessive lorce of population therefore, over the means of subsistence, must be... | |
 | William Shepherd, Jeremiah Joyce, Lant Carpenter - Education - 1815 - 598 pages
...as the numbers 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64, 128, 256, and subsistence as 1,2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. Hence, in two centuries, the population would be to the means...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
...increase as the nuinberi 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...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
...increase as the .lumbers 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...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.... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - Great Britain - 1818 - 576 pages
...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...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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