History of Expansions
A method of generating Geometric Patterns
Invented by John S. Stokes III

The History section was first posted on the web in 1996 and resurrected in 2002 with some editing and additional graphics added
Derived from a document written in 1989

The First Five Manual Patterns of Expansions
(with annotation supplement)
Early Computerization of Expansions
Interlude
Later Computerization of Expansions
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