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MEASUREMENTS 



Table 46. — Nose length (subnasion-nasiori) 



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1 In the 347 subjects from Virginia and Southeastern States 5.41. 



The nasal height is seen to be quite variable, more so than any of the hitherto dealt with 

 facial measurements. The difference in the range of variation in the three groups used, as in 

 the case of all other measurements, is probably due only to the unequal numbers of subjects. 

 The distribution of the measurements is remarkably alike in the two series of the academicians. 



In absolute values, the height of the nose is slightly greater in both groups of the Academy 

 than in the outside old Americans. This is connected with the higher stature of the academi- 

 cians and also with their considerably higher mean age. In the study of the old Americans at 

 large it was shown that age had an influence on the outside dimensions of the nose; the relevant 

 data from that study are reported in table 47. 37 



The four series of the members stand fairly close together. The effects of age are not as 

 apparent as they were within the old Americans at large series. 



Still another way for testing the effects of age on nasal height is to compare the academ- 

 icians of ages up to and including 60 with the two main series of the old Americans at large. 



i The Old Americans, p. 253. 



