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APPENDIX

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1. Telotype, a Printing Electric Telegraph (J. Weale;—Macmillan) 1850

2. Recent Expedition into the Interior of South-Western Africa (Geogr. Soc. Journ.) 1852

3. Tropical South Africa (Murray, 1853) (second edition, Ward, Lock & Co., Minerva Press, 1889) 1853

4. Modern Geography—Cambridge Essays (J. W. Parker) 1855

5. Art of Travel, 1855, and subsequent editions (Murray) 1855

6. Arts of Campaigning, Inaugural Lecture at Aldershot (Murray) 1855

7. Course of Public Lectures in the Camp at Aldershot (Privately Printed) 1856

8. Catalogue of Models illustrative of Camp Life (Privately Printed) 1858

9. Exploration of Arid Countries (Geogr. Soc. Proc.) 1858

10. Hand Heliostat, for the purpose of Flashing Sun Signals, from on board Ship or on Land, in Sunny Climates (Brit. Assoc. Rep., 1858; Geogr. Soc. Proc., 1860) 1858

11. Vacation Tourists, Edited and containing two Memoirs by F. Galton (Macmillan) 1860-63

12. On a New Principle for the Protection of Riflemen (based on the trajectory of the spherical bullets then in use) (United Service Journ.) 1861

13. Zanzibar, a Lecture at the S.P.G. (Mission Field) 1861

14. Circular asking for Synchronance Observations during one month three times daily, with map (Privately Printed) 1861

15. Meteorological Charts (Phil. Mag.) 1861

16. A Development of the Theory of Cyclones (Anticyclones) (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1862

17. Meteorographica (Macmillan) 1863

18. Stereoscopic Maps, taken from models of mountainous countries (Geogr. Soc. Journ.) 1865

19. Spectacles for Divers, and the Vision of Amphibious Animals (Brit. Assoc. Rep.) 1865

20. Hereditary Talent and Character (Macmillan’s Magazine) 1865

21. Conversion of Wind-Charts into Passage-Charts (Brit. Assoc. Rep.; Phil. Mag.) 1866

22. Hereditary Genius, 1869; second edition, 1892 (Macmillan) 1869

23. Drill Pantagraph, reducing horizontally and vertically to different scales. Also a Mechanical Computer of Vapour Tension. Report of Meteorological Council. See also 119 1869

24. Barometric Predictions of Weather (Brit. Assoc. Rep.) 1870

25. Experiments in Pangenesis, by breeding from rabbits of a pure variety, into whose circulation blood taken from other varieties had previously been largely transfused (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1871

26. Gregariousness in Cattle and in Men (Macmillan’s Mag.; vol. 23) 1872

27. On Blood Relationship: a Discussion on the Meaning of Kinship (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1872

28. Address to the Geographical Section of the British Association at Brighton (Brit. Assoc. Rep.) 1872

29. Statistical Inquiries into the Efficacy of Prayer (Fortnightly Review) 1872

30. Relative Supplies from Town and Country Families to Future Generations (Journ. Statist. Soc.) 1873

31. Africa for the Chinese (Times) 1873

32. Employment of Meteorological Statistics in determining the best course for a ship whose sailing qualities are known (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1873

33. Hereditary Improvement (Frazer’s Magazine, January) 1873

34. Proposed Statistical Scale (Nature, 5th March) 1870

35. Proposal to apply for Anthropological Statistics from Schools (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1874

36. English Men of Science, their Nature and their Nurture (Royal Institution) 1874

37. English Men of Science, their Nature and Nurture (Macmillan) 1874

38. Excess of Females in the West Indies (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1874

39. Notes on the Marlborough School Statistics (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1875

40. On the Probability of the Extinction of Families [in association with Rev. H. W. Watson] (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1875

41. Statistics by Intercomparison, with Remarks on the Law of Frequency of Error (Phil. Mag.) 1875

42. Height and Weight of Boys, aged 14, in Town and Country Public Schools (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1876

43. The History of Twins, as a Criterion of the Relative Powers of Nature and Nurture (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1876

44. Short Notes on Heredity, etc., in Twins (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1876

45. A Theory of Heredity (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.; Revue Scientif.) 1876

46. Whistles for Determining the Upper Limits of Audible Sound in Different Persons (South Kensington Conferences; volume on “Chemistry, Biology,” etc. p. 61). See Hydrogen Whistles, 74 1866

47. Apparatus for the Rapid Verification of Thermometers; now in use at the Kew Observatory (Roy. Soc. Proc., 1878; Phil. Mag. 1877) 1877

48. Typical Laws of Heredity (1877) (Royal Inst. Proc., 1879; Nature, 1877; Revue Scientif., 1877) 1877

49. Address to the Department of Anthropology of the Brit. Assoc., Plymouth [On the Study of Types (or Groups) of Men] (Brit. Assoc. Rep.; Nature; Revue Scientif., 1877) 1877

51. Composite Portraits, made by combining those of many different persons into a single resultant figure (Anthropol. Inst. Journ., 1879; Nature, 1878; Revue Scientif., 1879) 1878

52. Letters of H. M. Stanley from Equatorial Africa to Daily Telegraph (Edin. Review) 1878

53. The Geometric Mean in Vital and Social Statistics (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1879

54. Generic Images (Nineteenth Century) 1879

55. Psychometric Experiments, Free Will (Brain, vol. ii.) 1879

56. Opportunities of Science Masters at Schools (Nature) 1880

57. Determining the Heights and Distances of Clouds by their Reflections in a low Pool of Water, and in a Mercurial Horizon (Brit. Assoc. Rep.) 1880

58. Visualised Numerals (Preliminary Memoir) (Nature) 1880

59. Statistics of Mental Imagery (Mind, No. XIX.) 1880

60. Galtonia Candicans (Flores des serres, etc., par J. Decaisne, 1880), (Gardeners’ Chronicle, 1881) 1880

61. The Equipment of Exploring Expeditions now and fifty years ago, (Brit. Assoc. Rep.) 1881

62. Construction of Isochronic Passage-Charts (Brit. Assoc. Rep.; Geogr. Soc. Proc.) 1881

63. Visualised Numerals (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1881

64. Inquiry into the Physiognomy of Phthisis by the Method of Composite Portraiture (in connection with Dr. Mahomed) (Guy’s Hospital Reports, vol. XXV.) 1881

65. Visions of Sane Persons (Roy. Inst. Proc.) 1882

66. Generic Images (Roy. Inst. Proc.) 1882

67. Photographic Portraits from Childhood to Age (Fortnightly Review) 1882

68. A Rapid-View Instrument for Momentary Attitudes (Nature) 1882

69. Anthropometric Laboratory (Fortnightly Review) 1882

70. Conventional Representation of the Horse in Motion (Nature) 1882

71. Apparatus for testing the Delicacy of the Muscular and other Senses (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1883

72. The American Trotting-Horse (Nature) 1883

73. Outfit for an Anthropometric Laboratory (Privately Printed) 1883

74. Hydrogen Whistles (Nature). See 46 1883

75. Human Faculty (Macmillan) 1883

76. Medical Family Registers (proposed prizes) (Fortnightly Review) 1883

77. Arithmetic Notation of Kinship (Nature) 1883

78. Anthrop. Laboratory, Internat. Health Exhib. (Issued by Authority) 1884

79. Life History Album, 1884 (second edition, 1903, Macmillan) 1884

80. Table of Observations [of 400 persons] (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1884

81. Free Will, Observations and Inferences (Mind, No. XXXV.) 1884

82. Measurement of Character (Fortnightly Review) 1884

83. Record of Family Faculties (published in connection with an offer of prizes) (Macmillan) 1884

84. Anthropometric Laboratory at the International Health Exhibition (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1885

85. Anthropometric Per-Centiles (Nature) 1885

86. Address to the Anthropological Section of the British Association, Aberdeen, 1885 [On Inheritance and Regression] (Brit. Assoc. Rep., 1885; Anthropol. Inst. Journ., 1886) 1885

87. Regression towards Mediocrity in Hereditary Stature (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1885

88. Good and Bad Temper in English Families (Nineteenth Century) 1885

89. Composite Portraits (four sets reproduced) (Photo News) 1885

90. Family Likeness in Stature, with an Appendix by J. D. Hamilton Dickson (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1886

91. Family Likeness in Eye-Colour (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1886

92. Presidential Address, Anthropol. Inst. (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1886

93. The Origin of Varieties (Curve of Attractiveness) (Nature) 1886

94. Anniversary Meeting of Royal Society—Presentation of a Royal Medal to F. Galton. Also his speech after the dinner (Times) 1886

95. Recent Designs for Anthropometric Instruments (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1887

96. Notes on Permanent Colour Types in Mosaics (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1887

97. Thoughts without Words (Nature) 1887

98. Presidential Address, Anthropol. Inst. (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1887

99. Pedigree Moth-Breeding as a means of Verifying certain Important Constants in the General Theory of Heredity (Trans. Entomol. Soc., London) 1887

100. Notes on Australian Marriage Systems (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1889

101. Remarks on Replies by Teachers to Questions respecting Mental Fatigue (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1889

102. Presidential Address, Anthropol. Inst. (Anthrop. Inst. Journ.) 1888

103. Correlations and their Measurement, chiefly from Anthropometric Data (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1889

104. Instruments—(1) Differences of Tint; (2) for Reading Time (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1889

105. Presidential Address, Anthropol. Inst. (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1889

106. Personal Identification and Description (Roy. Inst. Proc., 1889; Nature, 1888) 1889

107. Head Growth in Students at the University of Cambridge (Anthropol. Inst. Journ., 1889; Nature, 1888-89) 1889

108. Advisability of Assigning Marks for Bodily Efficiency in the Examination of Candidates for the Public Services (Brit. Assoc. Rep.) 1889

109. Natural Inheritance (Macmillan, 1889) 1889

110. Anthropometric Laboratory, Notes and Memoirs (Privately Printed) 1890

111. A New Instrument for Measuring the Rate of Movement of the Various Limbs (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1891

112. Dice for Statistical Experiments (Nature) 1890

113. Physical Tests in Competitive Examinations (Soc. of Arts Journ.) 1890

114. Tests and Certificates of the Kew Observatory (Printed for the Observatory) 1890

115. Retrospect of Work done at my Anthropometric Laboratory at South Kensington (Anthropol. Inst. Journ.) 1892

116. Patterns in Thumb and Finger Marks; their arrangement into naturally distinct classes, the permanence of the Papillary Ridges that make them, and the resemblance of their classes to ordinary genera (Phil. Trans., abstract; Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1891

117. Methods of Indexing Finger Marks (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1891

118. Galton’s Pantagraph and Vapour Tension Computer (Illustrated) (Deutsche Mathem.: Vereinigung). See also 23 1892

119. The Just Perceptible Difference [Descriptive Portraiture] (Roy. Inst. Proc.) 1893

120. Identification (Nature) 1893

121. Finger Prints (Macmillan) 1893

122. Blurred Finger Prints (Macmillan) 1893

123. Enlarged Finger Prints (Photographic Work) 1893

124. Results derived from the Natality Table of Korosi, by employing the Method of Contours, or Isogens (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1894

125. Physical Index to 100 Persons, their Measures and Finger Prints (Privately Printed) 1894

126. Relative Sensitivity of Men and Women (Nature) 1894

127. Arithmetic by Smell (Psychological Review) 1894

128. A Plausible Paradox in Chances (Nature) 1894

129. Discontinuity in Evolution (Mind) 1894

130. Finger Print Directory (Macmillan) 1895

131. Terms of Imprisonment (Distribution of Sentences) (Nature) 1895

132. A New Step in Statistical Science (Nature) 1895

133. Intelligible Signals between Neighbouring Stars (or other inaccessible stations whose inhabitants had no common language) (Fortnightly Review) 1896

134. A Curious Idiosyncrasy [Faintness at Sight of an Injured Finger Nail] (Nature) 1896

135. Three Generations of Lunatic Cats (Spectator) 1896

136. Prints of Scars (Nature) 1896

137. Private Circular of Committee for Measurement of Plants and Animals (private, by Royal Society) Dec. 5, Nov. 30 1896

138. The Average Contribution of each several Ancestor to the Total Heritage of the Offspring (Roy. Soc. Proc.) 1897

139. A New Law of Heredity (Nature) 1897

140. Hereditary Colour in Horses (Nature) 1897

141. Rate of Racial Change that accompanies Different Degrees of Severity in Selection (Nature) 1897

142. Relation between Individual and Racial Variability (Nature) 1897

143. Retrograde Selection (Gardeners’ Chronicle) 1897

144. A Diagram of Heredity illustrating the “Ancestral Law” (Nature) 1898

145. An Examination into the Registered Speeds of American Trotting Horses, with Remarks on their Value as Hereditary Data (Roy. Soc. Proc.; Nature) 1898

146. Photographic Measurement of Horses and other Animals (Nature) 1898

147. Photographic Record of Pedigree Stock (Brit. Assoc. Rep., pp. 597-603, wrongly indexed as p. 567) 1898

148. Distribution of Prepotency (in horses) (Nature) 1898

149. Temporary Flooring in Westminster Abbey for Ceremonial Processions (Times, May 25) 1898

150. Pedigree Stock Records (Brit. Assoc. Rep., pp. 424-430) 1899

151. The Median Estimate (Brit. Assoc. Rep., pp. 638-640) 1899

152. Strawberry Cure for Gout (Linnaeus;—Nature) 1899

153. Souvenirs d’Egypte (Bulletin de la Soc. Khédiviale de Geographie; Isap. Nat., Cairo) 1900

154. A Geometric Determination of the Median Value of a System of Normal Variants, from Two of its Centiles (Nature) 1900

155. Analytical Photography (Nature; Photogr. Soc. Journ., New Series) 1900

156. Biometrika, Consulting Editor of 1901

157. Biometry (Biometrika) 1901

158. First and Second Prizes (Biometrika) 1901-2

159. Probability of a Son of a very gifted Father being no less gifted (Nature) 1901

160. The Possible Improvement of the Human Breed under the Existing Conditions of Law and Sentiment (Huxley Lecture of the Anthropological Institute, Nature; Smithsonian Institution Report) 1901

161. Finger Print Evidence (Nature) 1902

162. Pedigrees (based on Fraternal Units) (Nature) 1903

163. Are we degenerating? (Daily Chronicle) 1903

164. On Remarks by Sir Edward Fry on Natural Selection (Nature) 1903

165. Nomenclature and Tables of Kinship (father, mother, brother, etc.), (Nature, Jan. 28) 1904

166. Average Number of Kinsfolk in each Degree (Nature) 1904-5

167. University of London. Notice of Research Fellowship in Eugenics (Printed for University) 1904

168. Restrictions in Marriage; Studies in National Eugenics; Eugenics as a Factor in Religion, with abstract of an earlier paper (vol. ii. Sociological Papers) 1905

169. Distribution of Successes and Natural Ability among Kinsfolk of Fellows of Royal Soc. (Nature) 1905

170. Anthropometry at Schools (Royal Inst. of Public Health, London Congress) 1905

171. On Dr. Fauld’s ‘Guide to Finger-Print Identification’ (Nature, Supplement) 1905

172. Number of Strokes of the Brush in a Picture (Nature) 1905

173. Cutting a round Cake on Scientific Principles 1906

174. Noteworthy Families, jointly with E. Schuster (Murray) 1906

175. Measurement of Resemblance (Nature) 1906

176. One Vote one Value (Nature) 1907

177. Vox Populi (Nature) 1907

178. Further sum of £1000 to University of London (Times) 1907

179. Probability the Foundation of Eugenics, “H. Spencer” Lecture Oxford (Clarendon Press Oxf.) 1907

180. Grades and Deviates (calculations by W. F. Sheppard; Vol. v. Biometrika) 1907

181. Suggestions for improving the Literary Style of Scientific Memoir (R. Soc. Literature) 1908

182. Eugenics, Address on (Westminster Gazette, June 26) 1908

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