Charts that compute

Catalogued

Cartesian coordinate system

Made by
Rene Descartes and Pierre de Fermat
Year
1637
Field
Nomograms and computing charts
Kind
Graph paper
Room
Charts that compute — Placed by reading its description, not yet studiedCould also hang in: Change over time
Skeleton drawing, not the original plate

4 other forms share this skeleton

Source

Friendly and Denis, Milestones in the history of data visualization, ms37

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