Fingerprints and Handprints: Correspondence and Notes

Date:
1891-1904
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/2/2
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Fingerprints and Handprints: Correspondence and Notes. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Printed instructions for taking palm- and sole-prints; notes by Galton; correspondence from H A Holden, Henry R Tedder and Harris H Wilder regarding handprints, including a set of handprints sent to Galton by Wilder; and examples of arches, loops and whorls in fingerprints.

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1891-1904

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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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