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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. 279 words

This chart could have been improved if the words "more than" and an arrow had been placed at the lower lefthand corner on the general scheme of Fig. 158

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Fig. 156. Comparison of Actual Weekly Earnings in Different Departments of a Large Industrial Plant Showing Percentage of Men in Each Department Receiving More than Any Specified Amount of Earnings per Week

This illustration was made by photographing directly from the universallj' ruled paper shown also in Figures 57, 103, 130 and 134. The scales and the different titles were put on the paper with a typewriter. Lack of steady work caused many of the laborers to get the very small earnings sho-n-n by the upper portion of the curve marked "Laborers"