("Edmond Halley") returned 5 hits
1
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
2
First use of areas of rectangles to display probabilities of independent binary events
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
3
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
4
Bivariate plot of a theoretical curve derived from observations (barometric pressure vs. altitude), graphical analysis based on empirical data
Category:
Statistics & Graphics
5
First known weather map, showing prevailing winds on a geographical map of the Earth
Category:
Cartography
