| RefNo | PP/17/41/2 |
| Previous numbers | PP/49/45 |
| Level | Item |
| Title | Diagrams, indexing finger-marks by Francis Galton |
| Date | 1891 |
| Description | Two tables, labelled figures I-II, showing a series of whorls and patterns taken from fingerprints, as observed by Galton. Includes notes to the engraver. A second page contains a series of pencil sketches of whorls and fingerprint patterns.
Subject: Fingerprints / Dactylography / Anthropometry
Prints of these diagrams were published in volume 49 of the Proceedings of the Royal Society alongside the paper 'Method of indexing finger-marks'. |
| Extent | 2p |
| Format | Diagram |
| PhysicalDescription | Ink and graphite pencil on paper |
| Digital images | View item on Science in the Making |
| AccessStatus | Open |
| RelatedMaterial | DOI: 10.1098/rstb.1891.0001 |
| DOI: 10.1098/rspl.1890.0126 |
Fellows associated with this archive
| Code | PersonName | Dates |
| NA7708 | Galton; Sir; Francis (1822 - 1911); statistician, human geneticist and eugenicist | 1822 - 1911 |