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Finger Prints

Finger Prints

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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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