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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    International Health Exhibition, LONDON, 1884. THE ANTHROPOMETRIC LABORATORY ARRANGED BY FRANCIS GALTON, F.R.S. The object of the Anthropometric Laboratory is to show to the public the great simplicity of the instruments and methods by which the chief physical characteristics may be measured and recorded. The instruments at present in action deal with Keenness of Sight; Colour-Sense ; Judg¬ ment of Eye ; Hearing ; Highest Audible Note ; Breathing Power ; Strength of Pull and Squeeze ; Swiftness of Blow ; Span of Arms ; Height, standing and sitting ; and Weight. Such is the ease of working the instruments that a person can be measured in these respects, and a card containing the results furnished to him, and a duplicate made and preserved for statistical purposes, at a total cost of 3d. • The use of periodical measurements is two-fold, personal and statistical. The one shews the progress of the indivi¬ dual ; the other, that of portions of the nation, or of the nation as a whole. We will consider these two uses separately. Personal use.—Periodical measurements afford a sure test whether the physical development of the child or B 2