AH, number of ridges in, 200
Allix, 60
A. L. W. system, 80
Ambiguities in minutiæ, 91, 111
America, 163
Anthropometric laboratory, 4, 35
Arches, 7, 75, 78;
interpretations of, 114, 193
Artisans, 59
Artists, 58
Assyrian bricks, 25
Atkinson, R. F., 192
Author, the, finger prints of, 8, 58, 73
Axis of pattern, 68
Ball for inking, 42
Ball of thumb, 96
Basques, 18, 192
Bearings as by compass, 84
Beech, Dr. Fletcher, 197
Benzole, 36, 41
Bertillon, 2, 15, 154, 169;
Bertillonage, 155, 164, 167
Bewick, 26
Bible, the, 22
Bifurcations, 91
Binomial law, 11, 112
Bird’s nest, 34
Blacklead, 49
Blood as ink, 45
Bowditch, H. P., Professor, 47
British Museum, 25
Brobdingnags, 1
Brothers, 171
Burns of finger, 59
C. set of standard patterns, 177
Callosities, 59
Cambo, 18, 192
Camera lucida, 52, 104
Cards, 38;
keeping in order, 145
Casts, 49
Centesimal scale, 12, 17, 124, 129, 182
Cheiromancy, 1, 26;
creases, 56
Chequer-work, 106
Chess board, 106
Chinese deed, 24;
money, 25;
cheiromancy, 26;
registration of Chinese, 26, 152
Cicatrix, 59
Circular patterns, optical illusion, 77
Collins, F. H., 17, 21, 177, 190, 193
Collodion, 51
Colour-blindness, 71
Comparison of prints, 90, 167
Compass bearings, 84
Compasses, test by the points of, 61
Copper sheeting for inking, 42;
for smoking, 48
Cores, 6, 76, 145
Correlation, 158
Couplets of digits, 119;
of A and B brothers, 172
Creases, 1, 56;
in infant, 57
Criminals, 149
Crosse, Dr., 192
Cylinder, revolving, 49
Dabs by the finger, 40, 90, 153
Darenth Asylum, 19, 197
Demography, Congress of, 163
Deserters, 149, 164
Development, 58
Digits, peculiarities of, 114
Direction of twist, 78
Divergence of ridges, 68
Drawing master, 48
Ducts, 57
Dyes, 44
Ear-marking the A, B sets of brothers, 172
Embryology, 58
Enclosures within ridges, 92
English, the, 17, 192
Enlargements, 51
Envelopes to rods or staples, 76
Error, law of, 19, 198;
“probable,” 199
Evidential Value, Chap. VII., 100
Evolution, 20, 60
Eyes in patterns, 143
Fauld, Mr., 26
Feet, prints of, 45;
ridges on, 57, 58
Féré, M., 197
Ferris, Major, 149
Ferro-prussiate process, 51, 53, 90
File, 63
Flexure, lines of, in palm, 56
Focus of eye, range of, 72
Folders;—inked, 42;
smoked, 48
Foot-paths, 107
Forgeot, Dr., 46
Forks, 91
Fraternity, 16, 171
Frequency of error, law of, 19, 198
Funnel, 36
Furrows, not followed, 82
G——, Sir W., 89, 97
Genera, Chap. XIII., 198;
the nine chief genera, 6, 80
Glass, temporary prints on, 30;
etched, 47;
for lantern, 51
Glue, 48
Goldie, Sir G. T., 192
Granulations on rollers, 34
Greenleaf, Col. C. R., 164
Gulliver, 1
Gum, 48
Gutta-percha, 50
Hand, 23, 45
Harrild, Messrs., 36, 41
Hawksley, 42
Haycraft, Dr. J. B., 51
Head-length and breadth, 158
Hebrews, 18, 192, 194
Herbette, M., 168
Heredity, Chap. XI., 170;
see also 16
Herschel, Sir W. J., 4, 9, 27;
instructions for printing, 45;
data for persistence, 89;
right fore-finger of, 95;
official experience, 27, 149, 153
Hindoos, 152
I (or Inner side), 70
Identification, 147;
see Jezebel, 113
Idiots, 8, 19, 59, 197
Illusion, 66, 77
Indexing, power of, 14, 139, 167;
methods of, 131;
specimen of, 133;
search in, 166
India-rubber for roller, 40
Ink, printer’s, 37;
for stamp, 45
Inner side, 70
Interpolation of ridges, 102, 104
Interspace, 54, 67
Interval, equally discernible, 65, 101
Islands, 92
Japan, 23, 26
Jews, 18, 192, 194
Jezebel, 113
Kensington, S., my laboratory at, 4, 35
Klaatsch, Dr. H., 60
Kollmann, Dr. A., 58
Labels, gummed, as for luggage, 48
Laboratory, anthropometric, 4, 35
Labourers, 59, 197
Lace, 9, 98
Ladies’ hands, ridges on, 32
Language, inadequacy of, 172
Lankester, Prof. Ray, 45
Left and right, 70
Lenses, 72
Letters, alike when reversed, 71
Licked paper, 48
Linen-tester (lens), 73
Linseed oil, 37
Litharge, 35
Lithography, 43
Loops, 7, 75, 78;
predominance of, 101;
relationships of, 184;
on thumbs, 200;
typical shape of, 207
Lying Bob, 27
Lyon, 155
Mammalia, 60
Marseille, 155
Measurement of patterns, 82
Memoirs by the author, 3
Methods of Indexing, Chap. IX., 131
Methods of Printing, Chap. III., 30
Mica, 47, 51
Minutiæ, 54;
ambiguities in, 91, 99
Monkey pattern, 18, 54, 77;
ridges on tail, 60;
Purkenje on, 86, 88;
stuffed, 97
Morgue, 148;
see Jezebel, 113
Mould for casting rollers, 40
Mountain ranges, 32
Mucilage, 48
Mummies, ridges still visible, 97
Nail-marks, 25, 67
Natural selection, 20, 210
Negro, 18, 192, 195;
cheiromancy, 26
Ngeu-yang-siun, 25
Notes, musical, 63
Oil, oxidisation of, 34, 43;
for ink, 37
Orientation, 68
Outer side, 70
Outlines, 6, 69;
followed with a point, 74
Overtones, 63
Pacinian bodies, 60
Pad for stamp, 32, 44;
of paper, 38
Palm of the hand, 54, 88, 113
Palmistry, 1, 26;
see Cheiromancy, 56
Panmixia, 20, 209
Pantagraph, 52
Paper in pads, 38;
see Cards
Papillæ, 60
Paraffin, 36
Paris, 155
Passports, 15, 149
Paste, 48
Patterns: Their Outlines and Cores, Chap. V., 64;
see also 2, 54, 170;
number of easily distinguishable patterns, 100;
standard, 74, 80;
ditto C. set, 177;
percentage frequency of, 115
Peculiarities of the Digits, Chap. VIII., 114
Persistence, Chap. VI., 89
Personal Identification, Chap. X., 147;
see also 16, 113;
lecture on, 2
Photographers, 147;
photographs, 3, 51
Plots, triangular, 67, 82
Plumbago, 49
Pocket printing apparatus, 40
Points of reference, 90
Poole, Mr. S. L., 25
Pores, 57
Previous Use of Finger Prints, Chap. II., 22
Printing, the methods of, 30;
printer’s ink, 35
Prism, 52, 104
Purkenje’s Commentatio, 84;
see also 8, 64, 67;
on slope of loop, 119
Races and Classes, Chap. XII., 192;
see also 17
Radial, 70
Random events, 172;
see also 126
Razor, prints on, 30
Reconstruction of hidden ridges, 102
Reeves and Co., 35
Registration in India, 28, 151
Regression, 21, 171
Relationship in fingers, 12, 123;
fraternal, 171, 175;
in twins, 185;
filial, 190;
ditto of like-patterned parents, 187;
in patterns, 178;
paternal and maternal, 190
Reticulation, 108
Reversals, 43, 71
Ridges and Their Uses, Chap. IV., 54;
see also low relief of ridges, 32;
counting them, 73;
ridge-interval, 62:—measurement by, 83;
squares of one in the side, 102;
of six, 103;
of five, 107, 111
Right and left, 70
Robinson, Dr. Louis, 45
Rods, 76
Rolled prints, 7, 39, 68
Roller, 36;
small, 40
Royal Institution, 2
Sand, ridges on, 54
Scars, 59, 97
Seal, 22;
sealing-wax casts, 50
Seamstresses, 59
Selection, 20, 209
Shrimps, 210
Signalements, 156
Size (glue), 48, 49
Skin disease on fingers, 122
Slab, 4, 35, 41
Slopes, 136;
on fore-finger, 118
Smart, Major Charles, 164
Smoke-prints, 47
Snow on mountain ranges, 32
Soda (washing), 36, 41
Spielman, Isidore, Mr., 192
Spirals, 74
Sports, 20, 211
Squares (interpolations), 10, 101
Standard patterns, 74, 76;
the C. set, 177
Staples, 76, 83
Stereoscope, 9
Students, in Art and Science, 197
Surnames, Hindoo and Chinese, 14, 152
Swift, Dean, 1
Symbols for patterns, 144
Systems of ridges on palm, 54
Tables, see list of, p. xiii.
Tabor, Mr., 26
Tabulations, 179
Tang dynasty, 25
Tattoo marks, 97
Taylor, T. Meadows, Mr., 24
Teeth, 166
Tests of calculated Randoms, 173;
of classification, 179
Thompson, Gilbert, Mr., 27, 44
Thrills, their relation to notes, 63
Thumb, loops on, 200;
ball of, 96, 98
Tipsahi, 24
Titchener, E. B., Mr., 62
Title-page, prints on, 8, 58, 73;
index-number to them, 135
Toes, 57
Tools, callosities caused by, 59
Transitional patterns, 79, 143, 178
Triangular plots, 67, 86, 87
Turpentine, 36
Twins, 17, 167, 185
Twist, direction of, 78
Type, 19, 198
Ulnar, 70
United States, system used in, 15, 164
Variation, 20, 211
Varnish, prints on when undried, 50
Velvet, 63
Wall-paper, 66
Water colours, 44
Wax;—sealing, 50;
dentist’s, 50
Weldon, Prof., 210
Welsh, the, 17, 192
Wen-teh, the Empress, 25
Whitening, 49
Whorls, 7, 75, 78
Wundt, Professor, laboratory at Leipzig, 62
THE END
Printed by R. & R. Clark, Edinburgh.
Footnotes:
[1] Der Tastapparat der Hand der menschlichen Rassen und der Affen. Dr. Arthur Kollmann. Leopold Voss, Leipzig, 1883. He has also published a more recent memoir.
[2] “Morphologie der Tastballen der Saugethiere,” Jahrbuch, xiv. p. 407. Leipzig, 1888.
[3] Ann. Sc. Nat., 5th series, vol. ix. 1868.
[4] The Latin is obscure. “Mira vallecularum tangentium in interna parte manus pedisque ... dispositio flexuraque attentionem ... in se trahit.” There are three ways of translating “tangentium,” and none of them makes good sense. In the index of prints he uses the phrase “vallecularum tactui.” It would seem that he looked upon the furrows, and not the ridges, as the special seat of touch.
[5] The results arrived at by M. Féré in a Memoir (Comptes Rendus, Soc. Biologie, July 2, 1891; Masson, 120 Boulevard St. Germain, Paris) may be collated with mine. The Memoir is partly a review of my paper in the Phil. Trans., and contains many observations of his own. His data are derived from epileptics and others mentally affected. He has, by the way, curiously misinterpreted my views about symmetry.
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