This diminution is not the same for greater heights, as I shall have occasion to show in a separate chapter of this Appendix, on the decrement of heat with elevation.
"Himalayan Journals V2."
J. D. Hooker
This can relate to nothing else but a society, or body politic, where there is a continual decrement, yet part still remains; and the whole is kept up by succession.
"A New System; or, an Analysis of Antient Mythology. Volume II. (of VI.)"
Jacob Bryant
And if you talk about the unearned increment, let me tell you there is such a thing as the unearned decrement."
"Under the Skylights"
Henry Blake Fuller