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قراءة كتاب Finger Prints
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اللغة: English
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FINGER PRINTS
FINGER PRINTS
BY
FRANCIS GALTON, F.R.S., ETC.
London
MACMILLAN AND CO.
AND NEW YORK
1892
All rights reserved
CONTENTS
PAGE | |
CHAPTER I | |
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 |
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