| Sumario: | The article discusses the history of timelines, or the mapping and graphical visualization of time. More specifically, the author explores the history of chronographics in order to extract key principles that might help in the development of new designs. The work of several key contributors to the development of choronographics is discussed including Jacques Barbeu-Dubourg and Joseph Priestley. Topics addressed include time as dimension, uses of timelines, the emergence of modern choronographics, direction in graphical representations of time, and improving the design of timelines.
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