#### 8.2.58.17 tblish.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 = tblish.dataset.discoveries;

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