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Brinton, Willard C. Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts. New York: The Engineering Magazine Company, 1914. Internet Archive identifier: cu31924032626792 (Cornell University Library copy). The first American textbook on what we now call data visualization. /
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Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts
Actual rank at any census can be seen by referring horizontally to the figures at the right or to the figures at the left.
A chart of this kind can be used for showing relative rank of salesmen or comparative sales of different branch sales-houses ■
GRAPHIC METHODS
TIME CHARTS
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