Anthropometric laboratory / arranged by Francis Galton.

  • International Health Exhibition (1884 : London, England)
Date:
1884
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Anthropometric laboratory / arranged by Francis Galton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (b) Standing in shoes.-—This is taken by a measuring- rod fixed against the wall. (c) The thickness of the heel of the shoe is measured. Lastly, c is subtracted from b, which gives— (.d) The Height without Shoes. WEIGHT.—A simple commercial balance is used, as cheaper, more accurate, and much more capable of bearing hard usage than the lever balances. Its sole disadvantage lies in the necessity of handling heavy weights during its use. Overcoats should be taken off, the weight required being that of ordinary indoor clothing. Most of the instruments in use at the Laboratory arc wholly or in large part of my own designing. Those that are not, are the spirometer, the instruments for testing strength of pull and of squeeze, and the weighing machine. Mr. Gammage, of Messrs. Tisley & Co., 172, Brompton Road, assisted me in putting the instruments in working order. The larger of the small whistles are made by them ; the smaller and more delicate ones are made by Mr. Hawkesley, 357, Oxford-Street. Francis Galton.