COLLECTION NAME:
David Rumsey Historical Map Collection
Record
Author:
Nightingale, Florence
Date:
1858
Short Title:
Diagrams Constructed on the Data Furnished by the Quarter Master Generals Plans for Encampment.
Publisher:
George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode
Publisher Location:
London
Type:
Diagram
Obj Height cm:
13
Obj Width cm:
39
Subject:
Data Visualization
Subject:
Military
Full Title:
Diagrams Constructed on the Data Furnished by the Quarter Master Generals Plans for Encampment.
List No:
10564.005
Series No:
5
Publication Author:
Nightingale, Florence
Pub Date:
1858
Pub Title:
Report Of The Commissioners Appointed To Inquire Into The Regulations Affecting The Sanitary Conditions Of The Army
Pub Note:
"Florence Nightingale worked with Secretary at War Sydney Herbert, medical statistician Dr William Farr, and others to construct an analytic argument for better sanitation in the British Army. From 1857 to 1859 they targeted British elites with confidential and public combinations of prose, data tables, and statistical graphics. The “Report of the Commissioners” is the first of these publications. It features many statistical charts, mostly bar charts of typical design. Exceptions include two extravagant polar area charts nicknamed “batwing” diagrams for their shape. These two charts were later refined by Nightingale and Farr to better represent their data by encoding quantity with two-dimensional filled area instead of with one-dimensional distance from the center of the diagram. See our 10562.000 to see the refined versions." (RJ Andrews, 2020). See also RJ Andrews overview of Nightingale's graphics at https://infowetrust…
Pub List No:
10564.000
Pub Type:
Geography Book
Pub Height cm:
33
Pub Width cm:
22
Image No:
10564005.jp2
Authors:
Nightingale, Florence
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