Twain System - Revision history

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 ===Size===
-Let's suppose you wanted to make pictures of size 2 inches wide.
+Suppose you want to represent the entire 953 years of English history (as of 2019) since William the Conqueror.
 =Other Examples=

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+=Examples from Twain=
 Twain gives 3 example images from his lecture story above, but then goes into a much more detailed example involving a more difficult bit of memorization.
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Admin: /* The Picture System */

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The Picture System

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	Twain starts by giving a few simple sketches for each of the monarchs. For example, here is William the Conqueror:		Twain starts by giving a few simple sketches for each of the monarchs. For example, here is William the Conqueror:

	~~<table>~~
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	[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|250px]]		[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|250px]]
	~~</td>~~
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	~~[[Image:TwainSystem2.jpg\|250px]]~~
	~~</td>~~
	~~</tr>~~
	~~</table>~~

	Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.		Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.

	Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch. Each monarch gets different colored squares (color is a way of visually distinguishing the monarchs, and possibly even encoding information). The number of squares is proportional to their rule. There will be 817 pieces of paper in total. These can be hung on the wall in zig-zag shapes, maximizing space utilization, or hung in a long line throughout the entire house.		Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch. Each monarch gets different colored squares (color is a way of visually distinguishing the monarchs, and possibly even encoding information). The number of squares is proportional to their rule. There will be 817 pieces of paper in total. These can be hung on the wall in zig-zag shapes, maximizing space utilization, or hung in a long line throughout the entire house.

			Next is William II, similarly drawn to help represent and remember aspects of William II's character (smaller and more sickly, harpooned, wrong direction, etc.)

			[[Image:TwainSystem2.jpg\|250px]]

Admin: /* The Picture System */

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The Picture System

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Admin: /* The Picture System */

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The Picture System

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	Twain starts by giving a few simple sketches for each of the monarchs. For example, here is William the Conqueror:		Twain starts by giving a few simple sketches for each of the monarchs. For example, here is William the Conqueror:

			<table>
			<tr>
			<td>
	[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|250px]]		[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|250px]]
			</td>
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			[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|250px]]
			</td>
			</tr>
			</table>

	Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.		Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.

	Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch. Each monarch gets different colored squares (color is a way of visually distinguishing the monarchs, and possibly even encoding information). The number of squares is proportional to their rule. There will be 817 pieces of paper in total. These can be hung on the wall in zig-zag shapes, maximizing space utilization, or hung in a long line throughout the entire house.		Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch. Each monarch gets different colored squares (color is a way of visually distinguishing the monarchs, and possibly even encoding information). The number of squares is proportional to their rule. There will be 817 pieces of paper in total. These can be hung on the wall in zig-zag shapes, maximizing space utilization, or hung in a long line throughout the entire house.

Admin: /* The Picture System */

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The Picture System

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	Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.		Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.

	Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch.		Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch. Each monarch gets different colored squares (color is a way of visually distinguishing the monarchs, and possibly even encoding information). The number of squares is proportional to their rule. There will be 817 pieces of paper in total. These can be hung on the wall in zig-zag shapes, maximizing space utilization, or hung in a long line throughout the entire house.

Admin: /* Rulers of England, from the Conqueror On Down */

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Rulers of England, from the Conqueror On Down

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	Goethe, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Savonarola, Joan of Arc, the French Revolution, the Edict of Nantes, Clive, Wellington, Waterloo, Plassey, Patay, Cowpens, Saratoga, Battle of the Boyne, invention of the logarithm, microscopes, steam engines, telegraph - everything was placed into the pegs of those English rulers		Goethe, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Savonarola, Joan of Arc, the French Revolution, the Edict of Nantes, Clive, Wellington, Waterloo, Plassey, Patay, Cowpens, Saratoga, Battle of the Boyne, invention of the logarithm, microscopes, steam engines, telegraph - everything was placed into the pegs of those English rulers

	[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|~~500px~~]]		===The Picture System===

			Twain gives some specific examples of how to draw pictures and hang them on the walls, if you don't happen to have 817 feet of fence laying around somewhere.

			Twain starts by giving a few simple sketches for each of the monarchs. For example, here is William the Conqueror:

			[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|250px]]

			Twain explains the reason for the imagery - the whale because William I was anomalous, huge, the biggest fish in England's history.

			Twain goes through examples for every single English monarch.

Admin: /* Rulers of England, from the Conqueror On Down */

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Rulers of England, from the Conqueror On Down

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	Goethe, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Savonarola, Joan of Arc, the French Revolution, the Edict of Nantes, Clive, Wellington, Waterloo, Plassey, Patay, Cowpens, Saratoga, Battle of the Boyne, invention of the logarithm, microscopes, steam engines, telegraph - everything was placed into the pegs of those English rulers		Goethe, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Savonarola, Joan of Arc, the French Revolution, the Edict of Nantes, Clive, Wellington, Waterloo, Plassey, Patay, Cowpens, Saratoga, Battle of the Boyne, invention of the logarithm, microscopes, steam engines, telegraph - everything was placed into the pegs of those English rulers

			[[Image:TwainSystem1.jpg\|500px]]

Admin at 03:19, 7 April 2019

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	At Twain's house, there was a long fence that he marked out each English monarch at a location on the fence, with their reigns proportional to their distance along the fence - all 817 years represented by 817 feet.		At Twain's house, there was a long fence that he marked out each English monarch at a location on the fence, with their reigns proportional to their distance along the fence - all 817 years represented by 817 feet.

			Once Twain and his children were familiar with the sections of the fence, theyadded French reigns down to the Hundred Years' War, and added American history and English history, English and foreign poets, statesmen, artists, heroes, battles, plagues, cataclysms, revolutions.

			Washington's birth belongs to George II's pegs

			His death belongs to George III's

			Geoge II got the Lisbon earthquate

			George III got the Declaration of Independence

			Goethe, Shakespeare, Napoleon, Savonarola, Joan of Arc, the French Revolution, the Edict of Nantes, Clive, Wellington, Waterloo, Plassey, Patay, Cowpens, Saratoga, Battle of the Boyne, invention of the logarithm, microscopes, steam engines, telegraph - everything was placed into the pegs of those English rulers