Anthropometric laboratory / arranged by Francis Galton.

  • International Health Exhibition (1884 : London, England)
Date:
1884
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Credit: Anthropometric laboratory / arranged by Francis Galton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    otherwise, he may fail in the test, owing to a misunder¬ standing of what he is wanted to do. 2. Colour of Eyes and Hair.—Artificial eyes of standard colours are exhibited, together with the following list of descriptive names—dark-blue, blue, grey, dark-grey, brown-grey (green, light hazel), brown, dark-brown, black. The attendant will note the colour of the eyes, but no entry is made regarding the colour of the hair, for the reason that what with the darkening effect of pomades, and of dyes, and the misleading appearances of false hair, no useful results could be arrived at. However, for the convenience of the visitor, samples of standard colour of hair are exhibited, and the names are attached by which the chief varieties of colour are usually described. They are flaxen, light-brown, brown, dark-brown, fair red (golden), red, dark red (chestnut auburn), black. 3. SIGHT.—(a) Keenness of eye-sight is measured by the greatest distance at which the small print known as diamond ” type can be read. The eyes are tested separately, as it often occurs that they differ considerably in efficiency without the person being aware of the fact, who ought in that case to use appropriate glasses. The apparatus is a long and light frame with a single eye hole. Blocks of wood, each with a sentence in diamond print pasted upon its end, are fastened square to the line of sight at measured distances along the frame. First the right eye is tested, and then the left eye, and the greatest distance at which the type can be read by each of them is recorded. If the print cannot be read at all by the unaided eye, a note is made to that effect. h. Colour-sense.—A series of bars are packed closely side by side in a frame, looking something like the keys of a pianoforte. Along the middle part of each of these bars a differently coloured wool is wound lengthways, and