

discoveries {base}                           R Documentation

_N_u_m_b_e_r_s _o_f _I_m_p_o_r_t_a_n_t _D_i_s_c_o_v_e_r_i_e_s

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n_:

     The numbers of "great" inventions and scientific dis-
     coveries in each year from 1860 to 1959.

_U_s_a_g_e_:

     data(discoveries)

_F_o_r_m_a_t_:

     A time series of 100 values.

_S_o_u_r_c_e_:

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

_R_e_f_e_r_e_n_c_e_s_:

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

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s_:

     data(discoveries)
     plot(discoveries, ylab = "Number of important discoveries",
          las = 1)
     title(main = "discoveries data set")

