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8.2.45.17 octave.dataset.discoveries ¶

Static Method: out = discoveries () ¶

Yearly Numbers of Important Discoveries

Description ¶

The numbers of “great” inventions and scientific discoveries in each year from 1860 to 1959.

Format ¶

year

Year.

discoveries

Number of “great” discoveries that year.

Source ¶

The World Almanac and Book of Facts, 1975 Edition, pages 315–318.

References ¶

McNeil, D. R. (1977). Interactive Data Analysis. New York: Wiley.

Examples ¶

t = octave.dataset.discoveries;

plot (t.year, t.discoveries);
xlabel ("Time"); ylabel ("Number of important discoveries");
title ("discoveries data set");