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Offprint of the paper "Les Empreintes Digitales" read by Galton to the 4th International Congress on Criminal Anthropology, reprinted from Comptes-rendus, Session de Genève, 1896.

Scientific Papers

Memoirs and Books by Francis Galton

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Catalogue of Models Illustrative of the Arts of Camp Life

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Offprint of "Les Empreintes Digitales"

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