The Origin of Finger-Printing

by William James Herschel

THE ORIGIN OF
FINGER-PRINTING

BY

SIR WILLIAM J. HERSCHEL, Bart.

HUMPHREY MILFORD
OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
LONDON EDINBURGH GLASGOW
NEW YORK TORONTO MELBOURNE BOMBAY
1916

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PRINTED IN ENGLAND
AT THE OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS

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DEDICATION

TO SIR EDWARD HENRY, G.C.V.O., K.C.B., C.S.I.

Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police.