Correspondence Regarding Measurement of Crania

Date:
27 Nov 1879
Reference:
GALTON/2/8/2/1
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

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Description

Two letters from J C Clarke of Millbank Prison to Galton regarding Clarke's work on craniometry whilst he was based at Pentonville Prison. Clarke describes how he took measurements of prisoners' heads by bending a soft sheet of lead from the forehead to the back of the neck and tracing the resulting outline onto paper. He sent these results to Galton, see GALTON/2/8/2/2.

Letter from G Busk to Galton regarding craniometry and methods for measuring heads.

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27 Nov 1879

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3 letters

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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