History of Graphic Design
- Visual proof of Pythagoras Thereom, circa 600 BC (Geometry)
- Time series of planets 10th century (Orbits)
- Cartography 1546 (Latitude - Longitude)
- Galileo Galilei 1610 (Moons orbiting Jupiter)
- Galileo Galilei 1613 (Sun spots are surface blemishes)
- William Playfair 1800 (From Tables to graphs)
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R.D. Kriz
Va. Tech
College of Engineering
Revised 02/11/95
http://www.sv.vt.edu/classes/ESM4714/Gen_Prin/history.html