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Summary of evidence in favour of finger marks being persistent

96

Interpolation of ridges .   .

104

I. Percentage frequency of Arches, Loops, and Whorls on the different digits, as observed in the 5000 digits of 500 different persons . 115

I I. Distribution of the A. L. W. patterns on the corresponding digits

of the two hands .   . 116

III. Percentage frequency of Arches on the digits of the two hands. 117 IV. Percentage frequency of Loops on the digits of the two hands . 118 V. Percentage frequency of Whorls on the digits of the two hands . 118

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

in the same digits of the two hands   . 120 VIb. Percentage of cases in which the same class of pattern occurs

in various couplets of different digits .   . 120

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

the opposite hands   , VIII. Measures of relationship between the digits on a centesimal scale

IX. Index to 100 sets of finger prints   .

X. Number of different index-heads in 100 sets, according to the number of digits noted.   . 136

XI. Number of entries under the same heads in 100 sets.   . 139 XII. Index-headings under which more than 1 per cent of the sets

were registered in 500 sets .   .

X II I. Percentage of entries falling under a single head in 100, 300,

and 500 sets.   . 141

XIV. Number of different index-headings in 100 sets, according to

the number of fingers in each set, and to the method of indexing .   . 142

XV. Number of entries in 500 sets, each of the fore, middle, and ring-fingers only .   . 146

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