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1693 rectangles for probabilities
Author: Edmond
Halley
(1656-1742)
First use of areas of rectangles to display probabilities of independent binary events
Category: Statistics & Graphics
2
1693 1st mortality tables
Author: Edmond
Halley
(1656-1742)
First real mortality tables, containing the ages at death of a stable sample of individuals under stable conditions (from Breslau Bills of Mortality)
Category: Statistics & Graphics
3
1686 Bivariate plot
Author: Edmond
Halley
(1656-1742)
Bivariate plot of a theoretical curve derived from observations (barometric pressure vs. altitude), graphical analysis based on empirical data
Category: Statistics & Graphics
4
1701 1st contour map?
Author: Edmond
Halley
(1656-1742)
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)
Category: Statistics & Graphics
5
1686 1st weather map
Author: Edmond
Halley
(1656-1742)
First known weather map, showing prevailing winds on a geographical map of the Earth
Category: Cartography