Data Sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization

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HistData-package Data sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization
Arbuthnot Arbuthnot's data on male and female birth ratios in London from 1629-1710.
Armada La Felicisima Armada
Bowley Bowley's data on values of British and Irish trade, 1855-1899
Breslau Halley's Breslau Life Table
Cavendish Cavendish's Determinations of the Density of the Earth
ChestSizes Chest measurements of Scottish Militiamen
ChestStigler Chest measurements of Scottish Militiamen
Cholera William Farr's Data on Cholera in London, 1849
CholeraDeaths1849 Daily Deaths from Cholera and Diarrhaea in England, 1849
CushnyPeebles Cushny-Peebles Data: Soporific Effects of Scopolamine Derivatives
CushnyPeeblesN Cushny-Peebles Data: Soporific Effects of Scopolamine Derivatives
Dactyl Edgeworth's counts of dactyls in Virgil's Aeneid
DrinksWages Elderton and Pearson's (1910) data on drinking and wages
EdgeworthDeaths Edgeworth's Data on Death Rates in British Counties
Fingerprints Waite's data on Patterns in Fingerprints
Galton Galton's data on the heights of parents and their children
GaltonFamilies Galton's data on the heights of parents and their children, by child
Guerry Data from A.-M. Guerry, "Essay on the Moral Statistics of France"
HalleyLifeTable Halley's Life Table
HistData Data sets from the History of Statistics and Data Visualization
Jevons W. Stanley Jevons' data on numerical discrimination
Langren van Langren's Data on Longitude Distance between Toledo and Rome
Langren.all van Langren's Data on Longitude Distance between Toledo and Rome
Langren1644 van Langren's Data on Longitude Distance between Toledo and Rome
Macdonell Macdonell's Data on Height and Finger Length of Criminals, used by Gosset (1908)
MacdonellDF Macdonell's Data on Height and Finger Length of Criminals, used by Gosset (1908)
Mayer Mayer's Data on the Libration of the Moon.
Michelson Michelson's Determinations of the Velocity of Light
MichelsonSets Michelson's Determinations of the Velocity of Light
Minard Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
Minard.cities Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
Minard.temp Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
Minard.troops Data from Minard's famous graphic map of Napoleon's march on Moscow
Nightingale Florence Nightingale's data on deaths from various causes in the Crimean War
OldMaps Latitudes and Longitudes of 39 Points in 11 Old Maps
PearsonLee Pearson and Lee's data on the heights of parents and children classified by gender
PolioTrials Polio Field Trials Data
Pollen Pollen Data Challenge
Prostitutes Parent-Duchatelet's time-series data on the number of prostitutes in Paris
Pyx Trial of the Pyx
Quarrels Statistics of Deadly Quarrels
Saturn Laplace's Saturn data.
Sdeaths Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Sdensity Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Snow John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Snow.dates John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Snow.deaths John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Snow.deaths2 John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Snow.polygons John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Snow.pumps John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
Snow.streets John Snow's Map and Data on the 1854 London Cholera Outbreak
SnowMap Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Splot Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Spolygons Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Spumps Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Sscale Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Sstreets Draw John Snow's Map of Cholera in London
Virginis John F. W. Herschel's Data on the Orbit of the Twin Stars gamma _Virginis_
Virginis.interp John F. W. Herschel's Data on the Orbit of the Twin Stars gamma _Virginis_
Wheat Playfair's Data on Wages and the Price of Wheat
Wheat.monarchs Playfair's Data on Wages and the Price of Wheat
Yeast Student's (1906) Yeast Cell Counts
YeastD.mat Student's (1906) Yeast Cell Counts
ZeaMays Darwin's Heights of Cross- and Self-fertilized Zea May Pairs