((August)) ((Friedrich)) ((Wilhelm)) ((Crome)) returned 9 hits
1
Statistical map of production in Europe, possibly the first economic and thematic map (shows geographic distribution of 56 commodities produced in Europe)
Category:
Cartography
2
Superimposed squares to compare areas (of European states)
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
3
The first weather map was invented by physicist Heinrich Wilhelm Brandes in 1816, based on data collected over several decades.
Category:
Cartography
4
First movie, with the cinématographe, using the principle of intermittent movement of film (16 fps), but producing smooth projection (first public film screening on December 28, 1895 at the Cafe Grand)
Category:
Technology
5
The first known adding machine, a mechanical calculator called the "Calculating Clock.'' It could add and subtract up to six-digit numbers, based on the movement of six dented wheels geared through a "mutilated" wheel which with every full turn allowed the wheel located at the right to rotate 1/10th of a full turn
Category:
Technology
6
Lexis diagram, showing relations among age, calendar time, and life spans of individuals simultaneously (but the paternity of this diagram is in dispute cite{Vandeschrick:2001})
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
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Visualization of vibration patterns (by spreading a uniform layer of sand on a disk, and observing displacement when vibration is applied)
Category:
Other
9
Methods of determining an orbit from at least three observations; presentation of the least squares method
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
