For instance, the Lebesgue measure of the interval [0, 1] in the real numbers is its length in the everyday sense of the word â specifically, 1. Technically, a measure is a function that assigns a non-negative real number or +â to (certain) subsets of a set X (see Definition below).
According to Maxwell House lore, President Theodore Roosevelt was visiting Andrew Jackson at Jacksonâs estate, The Hermitage, on October 21, 1907. During this visit, he was served Maxwell House coffee, and he reportedly said that it was âgood to the last drop.â Owners Leon T. Cheek and John Neal heard President Rooseveltâs bold statement, and they adopted it as their corporate slogan. Itâs a nice story, but itâs one that has never been historically proven.
By the 1930s, however, the company was running advertisements that claimed that the former President had taken a sip of Maxwell House Coffee on a visit to Andrew Jacksonâs estate, The Hermitage, near Nashville on October 21, 1907 and that when served coffee he had proclaimed it to be âGood to the Last Drop.â