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Finger Prints By: Francis Galton (1822-1911) |
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FINGER PRINTS
[Illustration: FINGER PRINTS OF THE AUTHOR]
BY
FRANCIS GALTON, F.R.S., ETC.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1892 All rights reserved
CONTENTS
CHAPTER I PAGE INTRODUCTION 1 Distinction between creases and ridges 1 Origin of the inquiry 2 Summaries of the subsequent chapters 3 21 Viz. of ii., 3; iii., 4; iv., 5;
v., 5; vi., 8; vii., 10;
viii., 12; ix., 13; x., 14;
xi., 16; xii., 17; xiii., 19;
CHAPTER II PREVIOUS USE OF FINGER PRINTS 22 Superstition of personal contact 22 Rude hand prints 23 Seals to documents 23 Chinese finger marks 24 The tipsahi of Bengal 24 Nail marks on Assyrian bricks 25 Nail mark on Chinese coins 25 Ridges and cheiromancy China, Japan, and by negroes 26 Modern usage Bewick, Fauld, Tabor, and G. Thompson 26 Their official use by Sir W. J. Herschel 27
CHAPTER III METHODS OF PRINTING 30 Impression on polished glass or razor 30 The two contrasted methods of printing 31 General remarks on printing from reliefs ink; low relief
of ridges; layer of ink; drying due to oxidisation 32 34 Apparatus at my own laboratory slab; roller; benzole
(or equivalent); funnel; ink; cards 35 38 Method of its manipulation 38 40 Pocket apparatus 40 Rollers and their manufacture 40 Other parts of the apparatus 41 Folders long serviceable if air be excluded 42 Lithography 43 Water colours and dyes 44 Sir W. Herschel's official instructions 45 Printing as from engraved plates Prof. Ray Lankester;
Dr. L. Robinson 45 Methods of Dr. Forgeot 46 Smoke prints mica; adhesive paper, by licking with tongue 47 48 Plumbago; whitening 49 Casts sealing wax; dentist's wax; gutta percha; undried
varnish; collodion 49 51 Photographs 51 Prints on glass and mica for lantern 51 Enlargements photographic, by camera lucida, pantagraph 52 53
CHAPTER IV THE RIDGES AND THEIR USES 54 General character of the ridges 54 Systems on the palm principal ones; small interpolated
systems 54 55 Cheiromantic creases their directions; do not strictly
correspond with those of ridges 56 57 Ridges on the soles of the feet 57 Pores 57 Development: embryology; subsequent growth; disintegration
by age, by injuries 58 59 Evolution 60 Apparent use as regards pressure theoretic; experiment
with compass points 60 61 Apparent use as regards rubbing thrill thereby occasioned 62 63
CHAPTER V PATTERNS: THEIR OUTLINES AND CORES 64 My earlier failures in classifying prints; their causes 64 66 The triangular plots 67 Outlines of patterns eight sets of ten digits given as
examples 69 70 Supplies of ridges to pattern 71 Letters that read alike when reversed 71 Magnifying glasses, spectacles, etc... Continue reading book >>
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