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M. Féré 197   CHAPTER XIII Genera 198 Type, meaning of 198 Law of frequency of error 198 Discussion of three elements in the loops on either thumb 200-207 Proportions of typical loops 209 The patterns are transmitted under conditions of panmixia, yet do not blend 209 Their genera are not due to selection; inference 210 Sports; variations 211

 

 

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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 the different digits, as observed in the 5000 digits of 500 different persons	115
II.	Distribution of the A. L. W. patterns on the corresponding digits of 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 occurs in the same digits of the two hands	120
VIb.	Percentage of cases in which the same class of pattern occurs in 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