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672 Index Vienna, Galton at, 196, 133, 134 Viricnlture, II 119. See also Eugenics Vi-rue, characters associated with, II 197 Vision, measurement of acuity of, 11222, 223, 336; in Jewish children, IIIA 426 Visionaries, Galton on, 11 254 Visionary tendencies, repression of, II 244, 245 Visions and visualisation, II 244 Visits of Galton, summary of, IIIB 443-445 Visualised Numerals, IIIB 469. See also Number Forms Visualising, faculty of, 11236, 244; in Darwin, 11194, 195; in Dr Erasmus Darwin, II 196; in scientists, 11237, 243; in artists, etc., 11243; in orators, 11252; in women, 11242; in different races, 11239, 240, 252; on starvation of, 11 240; descriptions of, 11 240; ideal .form of, II 241; utility of, 11 253; and use of words, II 274; inheritance of, 11239, 242, 253; acquired by training, 11 253 Vital Capacity, maximum values of, II 374; percentile values of, II 376; growth curves for, II 377; corre lation of, -with strength of squeeze, II 377; values of, at each rank, II 390; and stature, isograms of, 11 391 Vivacity, in pairs of brothers, IIIA 247 Vogt, paper of, II 195 Voltaire, skit of, IIIB 535 de Vries, H., and Galton's views, IIIA 82; cited by Galton, IIIA 120 Wadi Half a, Galton reaches, 1203 Waite, H., work of, on finger-prints, IIIA 140 Waklstein (Sir Charles Walston), on Herculaneum, IIIB 589 Wal fsch Bay, Galton at, 1221, 222, 236-238 Walker, E., at Cambridge, 1167, 190 Walker, Prof., on mimicry, IIIA 370 Wallace, year books of American trotting horses, IIIA 98 Wallace, Alfred Russet, and spiritualism, II 62; associated with `The Reader' and `Nature,' 11 69, 69; on `Hereditary Genius,' 11115; on Galton's theory of heredity, 11187; on Galton's paper on Twins, II 187; on need for experimental zoology, IIIA 81, 128, 129; correspondence of, with Galton, on experimental breeding, IIIA 128-133; and statistical method, 111A 133; on Darwinism, UP' 370; medallist of Linnean Society, IIIA 340; Copley medallist, IIIA 431, IIIB 614; at Darwin's funeral, II 198; death of, IIIA 342 Waller, on Elizabeth Savile, 120 Wallington, Col., on visit to Fazakerley, with Galton, IIIB 456 `Walloping,' and its derivation, IIIB 591 Walston, Sir Charles, finds finger-prints on a Greek seal, IIIA 174. See also Waldstein Wanderlust, in Galton, 124, 55, 58, 120, 122, 123, 126 128, 130, 132, 134, 135, 139, 205, II 1, etc. Ward, Dr J., letters of Galton to, 11214, IIIB 479, 493 Warming rooms, Charles Darwin's method of, IIIB 591, 592 Warn r, Francis, on Eugenics, IIIA 259 Warren, Samuel, and a lecture at Leamington, IIIB 536 Wasps, work on, IIIA 312 Watson, Rev. H. TV., and Galton's wave machine, 11 529 53; work of, IIIB 486; on the extinction of surnames. 11 341-343, IIIB 461 Watson, Dr Spence, Galton's visits to, II 103, 393; and the widow of the Sheriff of Wazan, UP 510 Watt, James, copying machine of, IIIB 580 Watts, G. F., Galton's appreciation of pictures of, IIIB 583 Wave Ifn-pine, Galton's invention of, 11 51, 52 Wavell, Mrs W., assistance from, 1 viii Wax, in the ear, Galton prescribes for, IIIB 464 Wealth, evils of inherited, 1183, 118; misuse of, 11 154; and social stability, II 113 Weather, charts, origin of, II 41-43; preparation of, II 42; problems concerning, II 54-58; proposals for posting up at the Meteorological Office, information regarding, IIIB 481 Webb, Jonas, breeder of Southdown sheep, statue to, at Cambridge, IIIB 463 Webb, Mrs Sidney, appreciation of Galton by, IIIA 239, 240 Webbed Soles, for swimming, III$ 546 Weber-Fechner Law, Galton's use of, II 227; and Gaussian hypothesis, II 227; as source of error in mental impressions, 11296, 297; and tests of muscular sense, 11217, 218; model to illustrate action of, 11307 Webster, Mr, Basque scholar, IIIB 559-561 Wedderburn, pamphlet of, 11 181 Wedgwood, Hensleigh, and spiritualism, 11 66 Wedgwood, Josiah, and Dr Priestley, 144 Wee Ling, an albino Pekingese puppy, finds a home with Galton, IIIA 391-393, 395, 397, 398, 427, 111E 600, 603, IIIA 390 Plate XXXVIII; and Confucius, IIIA 399 Weeds, in the garden of humanity, IIIA 220 Weight, of boys in town and country schools, 11125, 126, 337; and muscular sense, 11217; maximum values of, 11 374; percentile values of, 11 376; values of, at each rank, II 390; of British noblemen during three generations, IIIA 136, 137 Weismann, A., letter of, to Galton, on continuity of the germ-plasm, etc., IIIA 340, 341; medallist of Linnean Soc., IIIA 340; hon. member of German Eugenic Soc., IIIA 388; death of, IIIA 342 Welby, Lady, and Galton, IIIA 379, 380, IIIB 529, 584 TVeldon, W. F. R., and Galton, II 419, IIIA 239,241,318; and Galton's School, IIIA 57; co-operation of, 11321, 322; and experiments with dice, 11405; `Biometrika' and, IIIA 100, 243-245, 250, 281, 334; on Committee for Measurement of Plants and Animals (or Evolu tion Committee), IIIA 126, 127, 287, 288, 290, 291; early correlations determined by, IIIB 483, 484; some work of, IIIA 126, 127, 251, 259, 279; on farm for experimental breeding, IIIA 134, 135; letters of, IIIA 285, IIIB 542; correspondence of, with Galton, III11 483, 484, 525-527, 535, 540-542, 561; death of, IIIA 280, 291, 292, IIIB 568-570; characteristics of, IIIA 282; eloge on, IIIA 281, 285, 287, 289, 301; memorial to, IIIA 281, 284-286, 291; portraits of, IIIA 282. See also Weldon Memorial Weldon, Mrs, work of, on mice, IIIA 315, 360 Weldon Memorial, IIIA 127, 224, 281, 284-286, 291, 297, 315, 328, 333 Wellington, army of, IIIB 555 Wells, H. G., on Eugenics or stirpiculture, IIIA 259; on methods of improving the human race, IIh 259, 260 Welsh, finger-prints of the, IIIA 193 Wen, inheritance of a, IIIA 375 West Indian Islands, excess of females in, 11 337 Westcott, Bishop, Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, IIIA 236, 238 Westermarcle, E., chairman at Galton's lecture on marriage restrictions, IIIA 266, 268, 269 Westmacott, bas-reliefs of, for Royal Exchange, 1189 Wetherby, studbook of, IIIA 96 Whaley, home of Hubert Galton, sketch of, I 48 Plate XXIX Wheatstone, Sir G., Galton on, 11 208 Wheler, Elizabeth Anne, Galton's `Sister Bessie,' on the birth and childhood of Galton, I 63-6.5, 82; early letters of Galton to, 195-97, 110, 111, 116-120, 159;
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