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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. 251 words

For persons who understand even slightly the principles involved in reading charts plotted on logarithmic paper. Fig. 123 shows up the facts in much more convenient form than Fig. 122. To make comparison most convenient, the two figures are placed on facing pages, 134 and 135.

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Fig. 122. Passengers and Employees Killed and Injured in Train Accidents for All Railroads in the United States. (From Quarterly Reports of the Interstate Commerce Commission)

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