Teall (Sir Jethro) X-ray print of Alvina Bertram C
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Teall (Sir Jethro Justinian Harris, geologist, 1849-1924) X-ray print of Alvina Bertram C Casey's left hand taken by Teall, 215 x 165mm., 1896 § Galton (Sir Francis, biostatistician, human geneticist, and eugenicist, 1822-1911).- Casey (Olive) Autograph Letter signed to her brother Edward, 4pp., 8vo, Elsham Road, [London], 8th January 1896, "we... went to Profr. Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory, where I was measured...", and a certificate from Francis Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory with her measurements; and a small quantity of other letters from scientists, comprising: Clarence Bicknell, William Duddell, Sir William Thiselton-Dyer, Charles Gaskell Higginson, Albert Penzig, Sir Patrick Geddes, folds, v.s., v.d. (c. 15 pieces).
⁂ "In order to gather inter-generational data Galton created, at his own expense, what he called an anthropometric laboratory at the International Health Exhibition at the South Kensington Science Museum. The booth was equipped with instruments which allowed various measurements to be taken (height, weight, chest span, head size, arm strength, hearing, visual acuity, and colour sense) and was staffed with people to take the measurements." - Oxford DNB.
⁂ "In order to gather inter-generational data Galton created, at his own expense, what he called an anthropometric laboratory at the International Health Exhibition at the South Kensington Science Museum. The booth was equipped with instruments which allowed various measurements to be taken (height, weight, chest span, head size, arm strength, hearing, visual acuity, and colour sense) and was staffed with people to take the measurements." - Oxford DNB.
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Teall (Sir Jethro) X-ray print of Alvina Bertram C
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