INDEX 



tTAbbadic, Antoim , number forms of, II 206 

 Abbot, l!< '■.■!.. coaches Galton in mathematics, 1 101, 103 

 Abt rfddy, Galton joins reading party at, I 108, 169 

 Aberystwilh, summer holidays at, I 82 

 Ability, correlation of. with physical and moral char- 

 a.tcrs. Ill* 248; definition of, EH* 121; in divines. 

 II 101; in dukes. 11 9:!; and eminence, II 111. 92, 104, 

 III* I Hi: and environment, III* 112, 110: and 

 fertilitv. II 94. 90: Galton's veneration for, II 94; 

 inheritance of, II 104-106, 128. 141. 151, III* 102, 

 103, 108-113, 114 121. :S47. 348; inheritance of, and 

 I'pper Bouse of Legislature, HI* 32-34; and insanity, 

 Ill* :!2: legal, 11 93; measurement of, by reputation. 

 II 89, 92; and power of mental imagery, II 243: need 

 of, in our civilisation. II 108, 109. 112. 113: and the 

 normal curve. 11 90, III B 023: and physique, II 94, 

 128; of various races, II 100-109; rarity of, II 89. 90; 

 scientific, in father and son. II 97: and size or shape 

 of head, II 94. 01* 247-249: and success, III ^ 111, 

 112, 110; tests of, by examination. I11 A 232: trans- 

 mission of. through male and female. lll A 108, 109, 

 118. See also A hit M<,., Civic Worth, Genius, In- 

 ttlliij 



individuality of, III* 32; parentage of, 

 III* 27: wives of, [in 32 



Abney, Copt., Sec to Roy. Soc Committee on Colour- 

 blindness, II 227; his rotating cylinder for tint- 

 testing, III* 308 

 Aborigines, Galton on, II 264, 265 

 Abrahams, amo; o ancestry, I 38, 39 



Abyssinia, model of, II 34 



Accidents, to Galton. I 110. 117, III* 316, III B 582 

 Achard, number forms of. II 206 



'lieritancc of, II 147, 148, 169, 170, 

 173, 174, 182-184, 180. Ill* 57, 59, 129-132, 335. 371; 

 Dr Erasmus Darwin and, II 202 

 Acton, Lord, Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, III A 236, 



288 

 . letuarii ■. Galton on, II [ B 689. Sec also Insurance Offices 



m, Prof,, coaches Galton in I 128 



l Adul in genetic scheme of offspring, II 172 



Ady, Mrs [Jutia ' orttmght), hooks of, III" 510. 547 

 Aesthesiometer, tests on men and women with, II 222 

 .!...// /. Miss Hertz on, III B 469 



Africa, discoveries in, II 25-27. 30, 31; Galton's ex- 

 plorations in, I 214-240; Galton's diaries, etc. in 

 Galton Laboratory, I 216, 217: and the Chinaman, 

 II 33; and the Negro, II 32; trade products of, II 31 

 African D\ memorial to, suggestions regarding, 



1 1 25, IIP'- 688 

 .1;/., disadvantages in advanced, III* 318; at death of 

 various classes, II 1 16; of parents and fertility, II 408, 

 409, 410; of parents and vigour of offspring, II 348, 

 349; slowing down of functions with, III* 301; and 

 youth, III A 318. See also Long* vity 

 Agility, measurement of, II 

 Agnetti, Dr, activities of, in Italy, III B 541 

 Agnosticism, and Galton. il 102, 01*424, 136 

 Agrippina, wife of Claudius, portrait of. and composite, 



II 290 Plate XLIII 



.1 ;/<«. Galton has. at Tripoli, I 204 

 Ailments, minor, Galton s list of. II .': 

 Air, possibility of its flying oil earth, III 15 470 

 Sir 'V. /,'., hereditary traits in, II 208 



ro m 



Albinism, in dogs, III* 356, 357, 389; Pearson's lectures 



on, III* 360; memoir on, III* 345, 390, 425, 430; 



Mendelian rules and. III* 388; and mulattoes, 



III* 370; in orchids, III* 370 

 Albumen, and digestion, II I B 461 



Alcoholic parents, children of, II 148, III* 398, 405-407 

 Alcoholism, experiments to show effect of, on offspring. 



in mice, II 139, 140; and insanity, II 148, III* 398; 



and impregnation, II 139 

 Aldershot, Galton's teaching of art of camp-life at, 



II 14-18 

 Alexander, Sir J. E., travels of, in Africa, I 214, 215 

 Alexander the Great, composite portraits of, II 295, 296 



Plates XXXVI. XXXVII 

 Alexis, the mesmeriser, Galton sees, I 190 

 Alt [Galton's dnujoman), I 200, 203; death of, I 197, 203, 



III B 454 Plate XLV 

 Ali.r, work of, on finger-prints, III* 142, 143, 161 

 Attardyce, connected with Galton's Barclay ancestry, 



I 33 



Allhiitt, Clifford, appreciation of Galton, III B 617, 618 

 AUotcance, given to the young Galton, I 154. 155 

 Alma Mater, and Englishmen, III* 237, 238 

 Altazimuth, designed by Galton, II 50 

 Alveolar Point, use of, in composite portraiture, TI 294 

 Amari, Weldon presents Galton with works of, III B 526 

 America, and Galton, III* 235, 243, III B 509 ; Eugenics 



in, III B 613; number forms and colour associations 



from, II 210 

 American Indian, disappearance of the, III* 219 

 .1 nalytical Power, and imagination in men of science, 



II 98 



Ancestors, of man, II 85; direct of Francis Galton, I 10; 

 distinguished distant, II 304: contributions of indi- 

 vidual, III* 68; and individuals. Ill* 0(1. 01 



Ancestral Heredity, law of ,11 84, IIP III 14,60,240,261, 

 III B 503. See also Heredity, Law of ancestral 



Ancestry, of Francis Galton, I 5-01, Pedigree l'lates, 

 pockets at ends of Vols. I and III*. Importance of 

 knowledge of, II 302, 303 



Andamanese Skull, composite of, II 288 Plate X X X 1 1 1 



Andersson, with Galton on African journey, I 218-220, 

 222-224, 220, 231 239; in Africa after" the journey, 

 I 240; death of, I 240 



Anemometer, devised by Galton, II 44 



A ngina pectoris, deaths in Darwin family from, III s 552 



Anglo-Saxon, ability of the, II 106-108, III* 252-253 



.1 ntmals, hearing of, II 216; photographic measurement 



of, II 317, 318, 320-323 

 . I nnals of Eugenics,' start of, III* 363 



Ansell, his 'Statistics of Families,' II 128, 129 



.1 nit a tit ids, of scientific men, II 177 



Anthropological Institute, and Galton, II 182, 184, 188, 

 206, 331, 337. 301, 383. Galton's presidential add, 

 to, II 396-398, III* 30; papers sent to, III* 11, 12, 27; 

 Mr Faulds' letter on finger-prints sent to, II 195, 

 111* I 13 



Anthropological Theory, of Max Miiller, II 274 



Anthropologist, special task of the, II 387 



Anthropology, and Galton, II 4, 7, 13, 31, 32, 35, 02; 

 Galton's early researches in, II 70—130; statistics in 

 the service of, II 334-348, III* 57; and anthropo- 

 metry, II 380; and Eugenics, III* 226, 227; in 

 Japan, II 397 



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