Minutiae in Fingerprints Exhibition Material

Date:
1895
Reference:
GALTON/2/9/6/9
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Minutiae in Fingerprints Exhibition Material. In copyright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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Description

Programme and material for Francis Galton's exhibition at a Royal Society Conversazione entitled "Minutiae in Fingerprints. An Illustration of their exceptional Trustworthiness in determining questions of Identity", 12 June 1895. Includes photographs and fingerprints of twins Dorothy and Muriel Brooke, data on the twins from the Anthropometric Laboratory and enlarged photographs of their fingerprints.

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1895

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2 folders

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A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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