"Edmond Halley" returned 5 hits
1
Bivariate plot of a theoretical curve derived from observations (barometric pressure vs. altitude), graphical analysis based on empirical data
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Halley's graph of change in barometric pressure
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
2
First known weather map, showing prevailing winds on a geographical map of the Earth
Mediaitems:
Halley portrait, Halley's wind map, section 1 detail, Halley's wind map, 1686
Category:
Cartography
3
First real mortality tables, containing the ages at death of a stable sample of individuals under stable conditions (from Breslau Bills of Mortality)
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Matthias Bohne edit of Halley 1693 paper
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
4
First use of areas of rectangles to display probabilities of independent binary events
Mediaitems:
Halley 1893 2D diagram, Halley 1893 3D diagram, Halley's diagram
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
5
Contour maps showing curves of equal value (an isogonic map, lines of equal magnetic declination for the world, possibly the first contour map of a data-based variable)
Mediaitems:
National maritime museum, Halley magnetic chart, Halley isogonic map, Halley biography, Geomagnetism: early concept of the North Magnetic Pole
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
