Academy of Sciences] 

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MEASUREMENTS 



Table 62. — Hand breadth 



85 



Members of the Academy 



Old Americans 



Not old Americans 



Old Americans 

 at large (lab- 

 oratory series) 



Subjects 



Average 



Minimum 



Maximum 



Range of variation in percentage of the average 



<r 



cv 



90 



9. 19 ±0. 031 



8.2 



10. 2 



81. 76 



0. 432 ±0. 022 



4. 70 ±0. 24 



48 



9. 26 ±0. 042 



8. 6 



10. 2 



17. 28 



0. 433 ±0. 030 



4. 69 ±0. 32 



247 

 9. 18 



7. 7 

 11. 

 85.9 



DISTRIBUTION 



Old Americans (90) 



Not old Americans (48) _ 



Percent 

 2. 2 



Percent 



4.4 



8.6-8.8 



Percent 

 13.3 

 22. 9 



8.9-9.1 



Percent 



21. 1 

 18.7 



9.2-9.4 



Percent 

 33. 3 

 20. 8 



9.6-9.7 



Percent 

 17.8 

 27. 1 



9.8-10 



Percent 

 4. 4 

 6.3 



10.1-10.2 



Percent 

 3.3 

 4.2 



HAND BREADTH AND AGE 



Members of the Academy 



Old Americans 



Not old Americans 



Old Americans 

 at large (lab- 

 oratory series) 



Subjects to 60 years of age, inclusive 



Average 



a 



CV 



Over 60 years of age 



Average 



a 



CV 



54 



9. 26 ±0. 037 



0. 404 ±0. 026 



4. 36 ±0. 28 



36 



9. 12 ±0.049 



0.438 ±0.035 



4. 80 ±0.38 



21 



9. 33 ±0.071 



0. 480 ±0. 050 



5. 15 ±0. 54 



27 



9. 21 ±0.047 



0. 364 ±0. 033 



3. 95 ±0.36 



247 

 9. 18 



