Go back to article: Visualising electricity demand: use and users of a 3D chart from the 1950s

Figure 6

Colour photograph of an individual chart card from a 1950s three dimensional chart showing electricity demand over time alongside a corresponding weather report from a local newspaper

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Left: Weather report in The Manchester Guardian on 16 December 1952, with a weather summary for the past 24 hours stating ‘Snow and hail showers followed by bright periods’ (credit: Manchester Guardian); Right: Image of card from 15 December 1952, with a matching weather remark (credit: Museum of Science and Industry)

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.15180/180905/012