Wherever the present writer gives times, they must be understood to be the quickest of which he happens to have made any note; for the best test of times is a 'reductio ad Minima.
"Climbing in The British Isles. Vol. 1 - England"
W. P. Haskett Smith
From a diligent study of the records of magnetic observations it has been found that the time of sun-spot maximum always coincides almost exactly with that of maximum daily oscillation of the compass needle, while the Minima agree similarly.
"The Story of the Heavens"
Robert Stawell Ball
Appeal a Minima by the "procureur of the Republic."
"Napoleon the Little"
Victor Hugo