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The Unsung Art Of Patent Drawings The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, at 176 years old, has granted patents to some of the most important inventions in American history. It’s also granted some of the dumbest (see: Patent 5,865,192 for a Self-Haircutting Guide Apparatus). Australie The information provided in this system is general information and is not in the nature of advice. Most of the information contained in this system is derived from third parties and may contain errors. Accordingly, IP Australia does not make any representation or warranty that the information the system provides is reliable, adequate, current, accurate or complete or that access to the information will be uninterrupted, timely or secure. IP Australia nevertheless reserves the right to update the information at any time.

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11 Of The Most Influential Infographics Of The 19th-Century We live in a world steeped in graphic information. From Google Maps and GIS to the proliferation of infographics and animated maps, visual data surrounds us. While we may think of infographics as a relatively recent development to make sense of the immense amount of data available on the Web, they actually are rooted in the 19th century--a fact that I write about in my most recent book. [John Smith’s “Historical Geography” (1888) portrays a country driven by two fundamentally different ideals: the avaricious slaveholding South and the God-fearing, righteous North.] [Emma Willard’s “Chronographical Plan,” or “The Tree of Time” (1864) attempts to “impress upon the mind” of her young students the logic and order of U.S. history.] The following survey of early information contains examples that are by no means intuitive or clear--some are downright chaotic--but they stand out for their attempt to integrate more than one class of information or tell a complex story in a single picture.

FDA Poisonous Plant Database The Poisonous Plant database provides access to references in the scientific literature (primarily print literature through about 2007) describing studies and reports of the toxic properties and effects of plants and plant parts. The information in this database is intended only for scientific exchange. It has not been approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration for publication nor does it have any official status.

10 Illustrations From The Dawn Of Graphic Design In August of 1922, William Addison Dwiggins, a book designer and the designer of Caledonia (a font you’ll likely find on the computer you’re using to read this), published an op-ed in The Boston Evening Herald. In his essay, "A New Kind of Printing Calls for New Design", Dwiggins proposed a new name for the commercial art that he and his contemporaries were doing: “graphic design.” Today we (maybe lazily) use that term as a catch-all to describe 2-D creative work.

ECOTOX In addition to chemical data updates, ECOTOX has added new features based on user feedback: You can now send your EXPLORE queries directly to SEARCH to customize the output fields and further refine data results for the Chemical, Species or Effect of interest! See the example below on how this can be done.You can make your own "Custom group" in EXPLORE for Chemicals, Species and Effects using the box on the upper left side of website and selecting to either browse groups or enter by CAS number, NCBI TaxID, or effect code.Delayed effects are now referred to as "Post-exposure measurements" to better reflect the actual test data and are automatically included in SEARCH and EXPLORE. You can choose to exclude these records using filter in the Effect Measurements screen under the "All Effects" parameter selection.The US Exotic/Nuisance Species group has been renamed to "US Invasive Species" to better reflect those species lists. Did you know?

Mayor to Londoners: Don’t Jump Update: This ad campaign is, thankfully, a spoof. The London Underground has had rashes of suicides on the tracks. Deep tube stations have “anti-suicide pits” or “suicide pits” or “dead man’s trenches” beneath the track that enables responders to help prevent death when a passenger falls or jumps in front of a train. London Underground has a “Therapy Unit” to deal with drivers’ post-traumatic stress, resulting from someone jumping under their train.

The National Archives Catalog Harmful Language Alert NARA acknowledges that historical records may contain harmful language that reflect attitudes and biases at the time. NARA does not alter, edit, or modify original records or original captions, as they are part of the historical record. Win the Business with this Elevator Pitch - Steve W. Martin by Steve W. Martin | 7:00 AM August 22, 2012 Pretend that you are in an elevator at one of your industry’s trade shows.

50 Alternate American Flags, Each A Secret Infographic For all the diversity found in the many countries of the world, national flags adhere to a fairly predictable formula. Sure, some states flout convention--I’m looking at you, Nepal--but for the most part, flags are built from the same basic symbols: some colorful stripes, a handful of stars, and maybe a national emblem. But that doesn’t mean they can’t pack in a wealth of coded information.