Statixtiatl Invest ujdt ions 371 



"Their value is indiHputable, tho oottt of inaking them is trifling, and tho fnoility of rtfgiatra- 

 tioii in liny pttniinncnt inntitution is obviou& It itoeniH strangu that they should be neglected 



ttt any soliool or univorsity." (p. 4.) 



Dealing with the (juestioii of hair and eye colour, Galton remarks that: 



"Tlio BritiHh nation is jxirtly n hlfiiid and |>ftrtly a mosaic of very distinct types TIk" short 

 lilack-imirtHl ancient Hritisli race unitt's iMiptTft-ctly with tin- tall fair-hairt'd iJanish or Scandi- 

 navian, 'riiolr union rcHcniMi-s what druj^gisU call an i-inuision, that is a mixture of oil and 

 water, so well shaken together that they form an apparently homogene<jU8 HulMtance; but the 

 coin|>ound is not durable. Leave the emulsion alone and afti'r a longer or shorter time it will 

 st'parate into its couiponont elements. Types are stable, but the forms of their mongrel 

 offspring are not; and whenever the external features of tho olil types are found in something 

 of their original purity, it is reasonable to suppose that their inward cluiracteristics arc present 

 also." (p. f)'.) 



Galton notes that Baxter has shown from an analysis of 330,000 to 

 340,000 reported ca.se.s of invalidi.sm in the mediaxl e.xaminations for the 

 American unny during the Civil War, that the light-haired men suffered 

 more than the dark-haired from every form of disease except chronic 

 rheun\atism''. It i.s to solve problems of this kind that a record of pigmenta- 

 tion in Individuiils and families as well its a record of disease is desirable. 



The actual floor space of the Laboratory was only 6 feet wide by 36 feet 

 long. It was fenced off from the side of a gallery by open lattice-work, 

 through which the public could see what was going on without impeding 

 the examinees. These entered by a door at one end and left by a door at 

 tlve other ; and some 90 individuals were passed through in the course of a 

 day. Tlie pamphlet gives an account of what the visitor is expected to do 

 at each station and the nature of the instrument used for the test. A more 

 elal)orate account of the Lalxjratory was published in the Journal of the 

 Anthropological Institute iov 1885'. It is entitled : "On the Anthropometric 

 Laboratory at the late International Health Exhibition." Thememou- begins 

 by stating that the exhibition being over it is desirable that some account 

 should be given of the methods and experiences of the Anthropometric 

 Laboratory, and that the author wishes to invite criticism and suggestion. 

 He states that the Laboratory aroused considerable interest, 9337 persons 

 were measured, each in 17 difl'erent ways*. Duplicates of the instruments 

 had been ordered by executive officers in foreign countries, and much interest 

 had been expressed in the apparatus by many places of education. As it 

 was most desirable that for conijiarative purposes there should be a standard 

 set of instruments Galton brought his apparatus and the attendants who 

 had supervised the measm-ing before the Institute'. Galton remarks that 

 the total expenditure having been covered by a charge of 3(/. per head, he 



' More recent research indicates little association between external and psychical characters 

 after hybridisation. 



^ Baxter, J. H. Medical and Anthropological Statistics of the Provott-Afarshal-OeneroTs 

 Bureau, Washington, 1875. 



' Vol. XIV, pp. 205-21. 



* The schedules containing these measurements are now in the Galton Laboratory and work 

 on their complete re<luction is in progress. 



' All the work was done by Serjeant Williams, Mr Gammage, an optical instrument maker, 

 and a <l(M)rkeeper, of course under Galton's supervision. 



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