Parts of a whole

Studied from its original page

Balance (counter-poise) chart

mechanical illustration of the equation of exchange (Fisher) · balance or counter-poise chart (Karsten)

Made by
Irving Fisher; two-factor elaboration by Karsten 1923
Year
1911
Field
Economics and markets
Kind
Data display
Room
Parts of a whole

Not shown here: its rights are not cleared

See the original page — Fig. 2, printed p. 21 (archive leaf n48)

Published 1911 (A) and sole author Fisher died in 1947, so life+70 ended in 2017 (B); the one caveat is that Brown is on the title page, and if he counted as co-author B would fail (protection to the end of 2045). Held as unchecked (D-045): if Brown counts as co-author, test B fails until 2045.

The data it needs

  • side left or right of the identity · categorical
  • term identity (money, deposits, trade, a named good) · categorical
  • weight_factor weight · quantitative · quantity units (dollars, hundredweights, feet)
  • arm_factor lever arm · quantitative · per unit (turnover per year, price per unit)
  • period small-multiple index (Karsten Fig. 476) · temporal · year

Built in 7 steps, as its maker described

ch. II §3, pp. 21-23, Figs. 2-3

Skeleton drawing, not the original plate

121 other forms share this skeleton

Source

Fisher 1911, The Purchasing Power of Money, Fig. 2, pp. 21-23; Karsten 1923, Charts and Graphs, p.620, Fig.476

Attribution less certain: contested, or no single inventor recorded

Searches, not citations

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