

   discoveries {base}                           R Documentation

   NNuummbbeerrss ooff IImmppoorrttaanntt DDiissccoovveerriieess

   DDeessccrriippttiioonn::

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

   UUssaaggee::

        data(discoveries)

   FFoorrmmaatt::

        A time series of 100 values.

   SSoouurrccee::

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

   RReeffeerreenncceess::

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

   EExxaammpplleess::

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

