Classification chart

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Classification chart or classification tree is a synopsis of the classification scheme, designed to illustrate the basic elements and structure of any particular field.

History

Medieval charts

See Tree diagram and Medieval diagram

St. Galler library catalogue, 9th-10th c.
Concordance table, 1020
Tower of Wisdom, a Classification of the sciences, 12th c.
Tree of virtues, c. 1260

16th century

Ars Magna by Ramon Llull, 1505
Stammbaum der Pfaffinger, 1510
L’arbre des relations logiques, a Porphyrian tree,, 1512
Lull showing the Arbor Elementalis, a Porphyrian tree, 1515
Chart from Alchemic treatise of Ramon Llull, early 16th c.
Arbor dividui et individui legal tree, 1538
Arbor consanguinitatis legal tree, 1539
"Arbor feudorum" diagramming feudal rights, from a 1553

17th century

Computus Runicus by Ole Worm, 1626
Computus Runicus by Ole Worm, 1626
1654
Divisio-polyanthea, 1659

18th century

Linnaeus' Regnum Animale in Systema Naturae, 1735
Linné-Clavis Systematis Sexualis, 1735
Systema naturae Regnum vegetabile, 1735
Classes Plantarum, 1738
Classes Plantarum by Linné, Gattungen 1738
Diderot - Œuvres complètes, 1751
1752
Sexual System from the 10th edition of Systema Naturæ, 1758
Edward Hitchcock Paleontological Chart, 1763
Figurative System of Human Knowledge, 1780
Figurative System of Human Knowledge, 1780 (detail)
Chemistry Chart, 1787
Blumenbach's five races, 1795

19th century

Ideen zu einer Geographie der Pflanzen, 1807
Table of the Animal Kingdom based on Cuvier's Règne Animal in Penny Cyclopaedia, 1833
MacLeay's classification of insects, 1845
Costs of Operating and Maintaining a Railroad, 1857
Mendeleyev's first periodic table (1869-1871)
Mendelejev's Periodic Table of Elements, 1871
Classis Scientia Ordines, 1777
Classification of Important Mechanical Operations of an Arsenal, 1885
Diagram showing the Skeleton of a Railroad Organization, and the Lines of Responsibility, 1889
Botanical- forms of leaves, stems, roots, and flowers (1890)
Analysis of Accounts of a Railroad Company, 1894