Finger Prints

by Francis Galton

DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLES

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	Summary of evidence in favour of finger marks being persistent	[96]
	Interpolation of ridges	[104]
I.	Percentage frequency of Arches, Loops, and Whorls on thedifferent digits, as observed in the 5000 digits of 500 different persons	[115]
II.	Distribution of the A. L. W. patterns on the corresponding digitsof the two hands	[116]
III.	Percentage frequency of Arches on the digits of the two hands	[117]
IV.	Percentage frequency of Loops on the digits of the two hands	[118]
V.	Percentage frequency of Whorls on the digits of the two hands	[118]
VIa.	Percentage of cases in which the same class of pattern occursin the same digits of the two hands	[120]
VIb.	Percentage of cases in which the same class of pattern occursin various couplets of different digits	[120]
VII.	Couplets of fingers of different names in the same and in the opposite hands	[121]
VIII.	Measures of relationship between the digits on a centesimal scale	[129]
IX.	Index to 100 sets of finger prints	[133]
X.	Number of different index-heads in 100 sets, according to the number of digits noted	[136]
XI.	Number of entries under the same heads in 100 sets	[139]
XII.	Index-headings under which more than 1 per cent of the sets were registered in 500 sets	[140]
XIII.	Percentage of entries falling under a single head in 100, 300, and 500 sets	[141]
XIV.	Number of different index-headings in 100 sets, according to the number of fingers in each set, and to the method of indexing	[142]
XV.	Number of entries in 500 sets, each of the fore, middle, and ring-fingers only	[146]
XVI.	Number of cases of various anthropometric datathat severally fell in the three classes of large, medium, and small, when certain limiting values were adopted	[159]
XVII.	Distribution of 500 sets of measures, each set consisting of five elements, into classes	[160]
XVIII.	Number of the above sets that fell under the same headings	[161]
XIX.	Further analysis of the two headings that contained the most numerous entries	[162]
XX.	Observed random couplets	[174]
XXI.	Calculated random couplets	[174]
XXII.	Observed fraternal couplets	[175]
XXIII.	Fraternal couplets—random, observed, and utmost feasible	[176]
XXIV.	Three fingers of right hand in 150 fraternal couplets	[181]
XXV.	Three fingers of right hand in 150 fraternal couplets—random and observed	[182]
XXVI.	Three fingers of right hand in 150 fraternal couplets—resemblance measured on centesimal scale	[182]
XXVII.	Twins	[186]
XXVIII.	Children of like-patterned parents	[188]
XXIX.	Paternal and maternal influence	[190]
XXX.	Different races, percentage frequency of arches in fore-finger	[194]
XXXI.	Distribution of number of ridges in AH, and of other measures in loops	[203]
XXXII.	Ordinates to their schemes of distribution	[204]
XXXIII.	Comparison of the above with calculated values	[205]
XXXIV.	Proportions of a typical loop on the right and left thumbs respectively	[209]

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