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OCR Rendition - approximate

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CONTENTS

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Systems on the palm-principal ones ; small interpolated

systems

45-55

Cheiromantic creases-their directions ; do not strictly

56-57

correspond with those of ridges

Ridges on the soles of the feet .

57

Pores

57

Development :-embryology ; subsequent growth ; dis

integration by age, by injuries   .

5 8-5 9

Evolution

60

Apparent use as regards pressure-theoretic ; experiment

60-61

with compass points .

.

Apparent use as regards rubbing-thrill thereby

62-63

occasioned .

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CHAPTER V

PATTERNS : THEIR OUTLINES AND CORES .   64

 

My earlier failures in classifying prints ; their causes

The triangular plot   .

64-66

67

Outlines of patterns eight sets of ten digits given as

examples   .

69-70

Supplies of ridges to pattern   .

71

Letters that read alike when reversed .

71

Magnifying glasses, spectacles, etc.

72

Rolled impressions, their importance

73

Standard patterns, cores, and their nomenclature

74-77

Direction of twist, nomenclature

78

Arches, loops, whorls .

78

Transitional cases

79

The nine genera

80

Measurements by ridge-intervals ; by aid of bearings

 

like compass   .

Purkenje-his Commentatio and a translation of it in

part   84-88

82-84


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