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VIII   PECULIARITIES OF THE DIGITS

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TABLE VIII.

Approximate Measures of Relationship between the various
Digits, on a Centesimal Scale.

(0° = no relationship ; 100° = the utmost feasible likeness.)

 

Couplets.	Loops.	Whorls.	Means.
Digits of same name. Right and left thumbs „   „ fore-fingers . „   „ middle fingers „   „ ring-fingers .	57 37 3 4 61	64 59 5 2 7 0	61 48 4 3 65
Means	470
		610
			54°
Digits of different names on the same or on opposite hands. Thumb and fore-finger	19	29	24
„   middle finger .	19	34	27
„   ring-finger	33	44	39
Fore and middle finger	5 2	6 8	6 0
„   ring-finger .	13	34	23
Middle and ring-finger	31	7 4	5 2
Means	28°	47°	37°

The arches were sufficiently numerous in the fore-fingers (17 per cent) to fully justify the application of this method of calculation. The result was 430, which agrees fairly with 48°, the mean of the loops and the whorls. In the middle finger the frequency of the arches was only half the above amount and barely suffices for calculation. It gave the result of 38°, which also agrees fairly with 430, the mean of the loops and the whorls for that finger.

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