DESCRIPTION OF THE TABLES

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Summary of evidence in favour of finger marks being persistent96

Interpolation of ridges104

I.Percentage frequency of Arches, Loops, and Whorls on the different digits, as observed in the 5000 digits of 500 different persons115

II.Distribution of the A. L. W. patterns on the corresponding digits of the two hands116

III.Percentage frequency of Arches on the digits of the two hands117

IV.Percentage frequency of Loops on the digits of the two hands118

V.Percentage frequency of Whorls on the digits of the two hands118

VIa.Percentage of cases in which the same class of pattern occurs in the same digits of the two hands120

VIb.Percentage of cases in which the same class of pattern occurs in various couplets of different digits120

VII.Couplets of fingers of different names in the same and in the opposite hands121

VIII.Measures of relationship between the digits on a centesimal scale129

IX.Index to 100 sets of finger prints133

X.Number of different index-heads in 100 sets, according to the number of digits noted136

XI.Number of entries under the same heads in 100 sets139

XII.Index-headings under which more than 1 per cent of the sets were registered in 500 sets140

XIII.Percentage of entries falling under a single head in 100, 300, and 500 sets141

XIV.Number of different index-headings in 100 sets, according to the number of fingers in each set, and to the method of indexing142

XV.Number of entries in 500 sets, each of the fore, middle, and ring-fingers only146

XVI.Number of cases of various anthropometric data that severally fell in the three classes of large, medium, and small, when certain limiting values were adopted159

XVII.Distribution of 500 sets of measures, each set consisting of five elements, into classes160

XVIII.Number of the above sets that fell under the same headings161

XIX.Further analysis of the two headings that contained the most numerous entries162

XX.Observed random couplets174

XXI.Calculated random couplets174

XXII.Observed fraternal couplets175

XXIII.Fraternal couplets—random, observed, and utmost feasible176

XXIV.Three fingers of right hand in 150 fraternal couplets181

XXV.Three fingers of right hand in 150 fraternal couplets—random and observed182

XXVI.Three fingers of right hand in 150 fraternal couplets—resemblance measured on centesimal scale182

XXVII.Twins186

XXVIII.Children of like-patterned parents188

XXIX.Paternal and maternal influence190

XXX.Different races, percentage frequency of arches in fore-finger194

XXXI.Distribution of number of ridges in AH, and of other measures in loops203

XXXII.Ordinates to their schemes of distribution204

XXXIII.Comparison of the above with calculated values205

XXXIV.Proportions of a typical loop on the right and left thumbs respectively209