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Index 



A ntliropomelric Characters, and mentality, II 232, 233, 

 388 



Anthropometric Laboratory, Galton's, II 357-362, 370- 

 386, II 371 Plate L, II 378 Plate LI, II 397, 398; 

 in the Galfon Laboratory, II 365, 373; in Cambridge, 

 II 226, 379, 387, 388; at Oxford, II 379, III A 328; 

 at Eton, II 379; in Dublin, II 379; in Tokio, 

 II 226: in schools, factories, etc., II 336,337, 343- 

 346; medico-metric section of, II 359; functions of, 

 II 213, 346, 382, 395; instruments for, II 212, 213; 

 cost of running, II 393; Galton's pioneer work re- 

 garding, II 226 

 Anthropometric Measurements, II 336, 337; value of, 

 II 381, 382; the normal curve applied to, II 386. 

 See also Normal Curve 



Anthropometric Registers, need for, II 252, 398 



Anthropometry, and Galton, II 334; aims of, II 380; 

 definition of, II 345, 346; methods and scope of, 

 II 346; progress of, II 211; in schools, II 336, 337, 

 343-346; industrial, II 358, 382; scientific value of, 

 II 382 



Anticyclones, first noted and named by Galton, II 39^11 



Antiochus, composite portraits of, II 295, 296 Plate 

 XXXVIII 



Anti-suffrage Society, Galton on Committee of, III A 359 



Ants, from Petrie's settlement, III A 251 



Apes, finger-prints of, III A 216 



Apparatus, anthropometric, at Cambridge, II 388; for 

 measuring index of mistakability, II 329, 330; for 

 use in taking finger-prints, III A 155, 177, 178; for 

 refrigerating in the tropics, II 397; for measuring 

 reaction time, III B 514; for measurement of re- 

 semblance, III B 576. See also Instruments 



Aquarium, at Plymouth, Galton's interest in, III B 579 



Arabs, Galton on, II 28; and negroes, II 32, 33; profiles 

 of, II 324 



Arches, in finger-prints, types of, III A 209, 213 Plate 

 XXIII. See also Finger-prints 



Ardennes, Chateau in the, Poem (? by Galton), III B 459- 

 460 



Argyll, Duke of, at Darwin's funeral, II 198 



Aristides, quotation from, III A 239 



Arithmetic, irksome to Galton, II 400; and imaginary 

 scents, II 275, 276 



d'Arnand Bet), Galton meets, I 197, 200; influence of, on 

 Galton, IIIA 158, 159, III B 455; Galton's tribute to, 

 IIIB 455; his portrait, III B 455 Plate XLVI 



Arniiii, Countess von, Galton reads novels of, III B 448, 

 601 



Arsinoe, wife of Ptolemy II, portrait and composite of, 

 II 296 Plate XLII 



Arsinoe, wife of Ptolemy IV, portrait and composite of, 

 II 296 Plate XLII 



Art, and Galton, III B 441, 448 



Artistic. Faculty, inheritance of, III A 65, 66, 68, 69; in 

 man and woman, III A 66; in husband and wife, 

 III A 66 



Artists, mental imagery in, II 243; accuracy in, III B 533 



'Arts of Travelling and Campaigning,' II 16-18 



Ascain, Galton at, III B 561-565 



Asquith, H., and Criminal Identification Committee, 

 III A 140, 148, 153 



Association, of ideas, Galton on, II 233-236; for pro- 

 moting a Professorial University in London, III A 289, 

 290 



Associations, formed at periods of life, II 235; and 

 education, II 235 



Assortative Mating, II 79, 105, 106, 149, III A 66, 67, 70, 

 102, 231; in temper, II 271; in stature, III A 17; 

 table showing statistics of, III A 17; the source of 

 varieties and, II 272, 273 



Asthma, in the Galtons, I 52, 53, 123, 127, 156; Francis 



Galton suffers from, III A 238, 249, 250, 339, 360, 430, 



431, III B 481, 520, 608; and gout, I 185; carpets 



and, III B 520, 532 

 Astronomy, Galton on, II 335; need for statistical 



knowledge in, III A 333; correlation in, III A 370 

 Athenaeum club, Galton nominated for, I 114. I l">: 



Galton and Herbert Spencer at, III A 317, III B 626, 



627; Galton's asthma at, III A 238 

 Athenians, ability of, II 107, 108 

 Athletics, and tests for physical efficiency, II 394 

 Atkinson, with Galton on reading party, I 166, 169 

 Atoms, variation in, III A 314. 316 

 Atwood, Rev., schoolmaster to Galton, I 77; sees Galton 



at Cambridge, I 150 

 Audibility, at limits of, II 215, 216; in men and women, 



II 221, 222. See also Whistles, Galton's 

 , I uditory Sensation, experiments on the, II 272, 308. 



See also Hearing 

 Austin, Mr, letter from, on composite portraits, 



II 192 

 Australia, recent discoveries in, II 24, 25 

 Australian Native, ability of, II 106 

 Austria, colour associations and number forms from, 



II 240 

 Autobiography of Galton, III A 329, III B 585-588; 



appreciation of, III B 613. See also ' Memories' 

 Auvergne, Galton's trip to, I 93, 94 

 Avebury, Lord, takes chair at Galton's Huxley lecture, 



III A 226; congratulates Galton on Coplev Medal, 



III A 400; grows older, III B 534; on gout, III B .Tin 

 Average, misleading use of, II Inn. |o| 

 Averages, and individual variation, II 174 

 Aversion, Galton on, II 258 

 Avignon, Galton at, I 199 

 Avuncular and cousin resemblances, III A 329, 333, 334, 



356 



Bach, Sebastian, cited by Galton as a sport, III A 85; 



not a sport, III A 120 

 Bacon, Francis, ability of, II 107 



Baconian method, and work of Galton and Darwin, I 58 

 Baden-Pmvell, Galton calls on, III s 568 

 Baden-Powell, Miss, silhouettes of, III s 577, 603 

 Bain, Prof. A., and tests on idiots, II 272 

 Baker, Sir Samuel, and African exploration, II 25, 30 

 Balance, invented by Galton, I 149 

 Balbiani, views and statements of, II 181, 182 

 Balfour, Earl, elected to Trinity Fellowship, III A 236, 



238; President of the British Association, III A 276; 



speech of, III B 518; appreciation of, III B 528 

 Balfour, Francis, experiments of, on pangenesis, II 176 

 Ballad, of Whittier on David Barclay, I 28, 29 

 Ballaler, fine men from, III B 554 

 Banking, enterprise of the Galtons in, I 32, 33, 50, 51 

 Barbarians, and the barbarous, III A 336 

 Barber, Mr, the African hunter, III B 516 

 Barclays, in Galton ancestry, I 10, 26-35, also Pedigrees 



in pockets at ends of Vol. I and Vol. III A 

 Barclay, David, I 10, 30, 33; sufferings of, I 28: slave 



emancipator, I 32; Thomas Young brought up in 



house of, I 48; portrait of, I 28 Plate X \ 1 1 

 Barclay, Hedworth, Galton up the Nile with, I 200-203 

 Barclay, Lucy (wife of Samuel Galton the second), 



parents of, I 33, 46; cousin to Priscilla Farmer, I 33; 



marriage of, I 33, 46 ; character of, I 48, 49 ; portraits 



of, I 44 Plate XXVI, I 46 Plate XXVIII; silhouette 



of, I 44 Plate XXVI; sampler of, I 46 Plate XXVII 

 Barclay, Margaret (Mrs Hudson Gurney), parents of, 



I 33; shows Galton over Ury, I 104, 105; portrait of, 



I 91 Plate XLVII 



