Charles Joseph Minard

Minard signature.

English: Charles Joseph Minard (1781–1870) was a French civil engineer noted for his inventions in the field of information graphics.

History

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  Line chart since c. 1826
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  Bar charts since c. 1844
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  Flow maps since c.1845
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  Cartograms since c. 1858
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  Flow diagrams since c. 1869

Types of charts

Line chart

In the first 1826 chart Minard, engineer and chef of the Canal de Saint-Quentin, entitled the chart, as "Tableau Chronologique..."

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  Canal project and railway for the transport of cobblestones in Paris, 1826
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  Line chart of cotton and wool production and import, 1858-61
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  British coal produced for each year between 1850 and 1864

Bar chart

Minard called these types of chart the "Tableau figuratif." The 1844 chart states "Drawn up by Mr. Minard, Divisional Inspector of Bridges and Roads."

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  Traffic of some railways in 1843, 1844
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  Commercial movement at the "Canal du Center" in 1844

Flow map

Minard called these types of charts the "Carte de la circulation."

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  Movement of passengers in public vehicles from Dijon to Mulhouse, 1845
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  Movement of passengers in public vehicles in Branch of Grenoble, c. 1846
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  Mineral fuels movement on the waterways and iron of the French Empire in the year 1856, 1858
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  1858 les émigrants du globe
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  Carte figurative et approximative des quantités de coton en Europe en 1858 et 1862
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  Minard’s map of French wine exports for 1864.

Cartogram

Minard called these types of charts the "Carte figurative."

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  Quantities of beef meat for consumption from departments to Paris, 1858
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  Freight tonnages in major ports and major European rivers, 1859
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  The choice of a new post office in Paris, 1865

Flow diagram

Minard also called these types of charts the "Carte figurative."

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  Number of men in Napoleon’s 1812 Russian campaign army, 1869
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  Men losses in the raid of the troops of Hannibal from Spain to Italy, 1869

See also

• Chart
• Economic diagram
• William Playfair

External links

• The Graphic Works of Charles Joseph Minard by Michael Friendly, 2009