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SCIENTIFIC RECORD FOR 1884. 



At the fourteeuth general meeting of tlie German Anthropological 

 Society, Dr. Johannes Eauke presented a bronze skull which counter- 

 feited as near as possible the human cranium, and could be subjected 

 to the same measurements. Moreover it could be filled with water, and 

 its exact contents determined. Copies of this bronze skull were sent 

 to the most distinguished crauioscopists throughout the world, for the 

 purpose of testing their methods. 



At the fifteenth meeting in Breslau, some of the results of various 

 cranio metric processes were reported as follows: 



The true cubage of the bronze skull is 1,316.4 cubic cemtimeters. 



Dr. Eniil Schmidt and Dr. Johannes Eanke subsequently measured 

 a bronze skull, whose true cubage is 1,344.5 cubic centimeters, with the 

 following' result: 



J. Ranke. — Millet iu 2,000 cubic centi- E. Schmidt. — Shot with Broca's method, 



meter vessel, Schmidt's adaptiitioii l,o37-l,338. Dif. 



1 1, 340 — 6.5 to — 7.5 without adaptation. Mini- 



2 1, 340 mum 1.421 ; diftereuce 76.5 cubic centime- 



3 1, 345 ters. 



4 1,347 



5 1,350 



Average 1,344,4; difference ... —0, 1 



Minimum .. 1,340 ; difference ...—4.5 

 Maximum .. 1, 350 ; difference . . . -{-5. 5 



Dr. Eauke made five experiments with the bronze skull by Broca's 

 method, giving average 1,345.3 cubic centimeters, minimum 1,343.3, 

 maximum 1,347. Tbis was the best result of all. 



The British Association AnthropometriG Committee. — In 1875 the Brit- 

 ish Association appointed a committee on anthropometry, of which Dr. 

 William Farr was chairman until 1878. The reports of the committee 

 are as follows : 1878, 5 p.. Annual Eeport 182-6; 1879, 35 p., iUd. 175- 

 209; 1880, 41 p., ihid. 120-159; 1881, 48 \)., ibid. 225-272; 1882, 3 p., 

 ihid. 278-280; 1883, final report, 54 p., separate.. The points to which 

 inquiries were addressed are: 1, stature; 2, weight; 3, chest girth; 



