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Graphic Methods for Presenting Facts

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. 250 words

It would be better if the heavy line border around the edge of this chart were omitted. The heavy line at the bottom does not coincide with the zero line and the reader may be misled by reading the chart from the border line

different years so that comparisons between these different years are easily made. This scheme of superimposing curves for different years is a very common one that frequently gives an arrangement more convenient than could otherwise be obtained. It will be noticed

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