Timeline in 1765: Shared baseline
Variant 1 of Timeline (Chronology). Same encoding, different layout. Keep Timeline with “Shared baseline” and 1765 from 1765. Variant 2 of Timeline (Gantt cousin). Same encoding, different layout.
Joseph Priestley’s 1765 Chart of Biography inspired later atlases Yes if one claim is visible at a glance in Meta, Google and retail print; otherwise link to a full figure. Yes for lab reports and poster boards if axes, units and a source line are present. Excel or Google Sheets or PowerPoint; export SVG/PDF.
Do not rely on hue alone. Label directly and check greyscale. Timeline: honour position along an ordered time axis, and switch when you need quantities changing, not just dates. The core mark of Timeline is position along an ordered time axis. ordered events, eras, project milestones
The eye compares length and position more accurately than area. PowerPoint, Excel or Google Sheets and Meta, Google and retail print share the same geometry. Decoration rarely persuades; it slows reading. Perspective distortion wrecks comparison. Keep it flat. Do not stack stories. One Timeline, one claim.
Keep axis, unit, and year. If “Shared baseline” is the axis, the figure is 1765 and the year is 1765. Keep Timeline with “Shared baseline” and 1765 from 1765. 17651765
Figures to keep
- Year of the chart
- 1765
- Axis figure
- 1765
- Chart
- Timeline
- How to read it
- Shared baseline
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