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Index 



'Biometry' and 'phylometry,' III B 500 



Bioscopes, of all that grows, III B 570 



Bi-projection, photographic, II 298-300 



Birds, Samuel Galton on, I 48; Galton's early interest 

 in, 1 88; artificial nests for, Iff 8 647; eggs, measure- 

 ments of, III* 243, 244 



Birmingham, Galton houses in, 1 46, 49-51; photo- 

 graphs of, I is Elate XXX, 49 Plate XXXI, 50 

 Plate XXXII; Samuel (Saltan in, 1 40,47; Galtuns 

 buried in. I 52, 50 Plate XXXII; Galton at school 

 at, 1 SI ill i; medical student at, I 90,99-104, III A 452; 

 mediaeval education at, I 81 



Birmingham and Midland Institute, Galton lectures at, 

 I11M2 



Birmingham Philosophical Society and Samuel Galton, 



I 47 



Birth, of Francis Galton, I 62, 63; order of, and health, 



111 v 404, 406 

 Birth-control, and Eugenics, II 80; dangers of, II 111 

 Blending, and inheritance, 11 173, 397 

 Jlli/id, sensitivity of the, II 218 

 Blomefield, with Galton on reading party, I 155, 156 

 Blomjiild, Admiral and Mrs, Galton meets in Egypt, 



IIIB 518 

 Blood, and hereditary characters, II 157; experiments 



in transfusion of, II 156-169, 174-177, see also 



Pangenesis; examination of, Galton's prediction 



concerning, III B 564 

 Blood-pressure, and measurement of emotional shock, 



II 270 



Blow, force of, and pain occasioned by, II 408; rapidity 

 of, and instrument to measure, II 220, 221, 374, 376 

 Blu.nl, Lady Anne, Galton meets, III B 550 

 Boar, wild, as a pet, III B 562-564, 566 

 Board School, degeneracy among chddren of, III A 266 

 Boccaccio, on Dante, II 99 

 Boers, interfere with Galton's plans in Africa, I 219, 220; 



war with, III B 515-517, 519 

 Bogatzki, Galton uses family copy of a work by, III B 585 

 Boils, Galton's treatment of, I 107, 108, 110, 111 

 Bond, Or, offers Galton a clinical clerkship, I 184 

 Bonner, Mr David, on trotting horses, II1 B 498 

 Bonnevie, K., and measurements applied to finger- 

 prints, III* 168 

 Books, by Francis Galton: 'Art of Travel,' 1855 (and 

 many editions), II 2-6; 'Decipherment of Blurred 

 Finger Prints,' 1893, III A 194-197; 'English Men 

 of Science, their Nature and Nurture,' 1874, II 87, 

 130, 142, 145, References to, I 5, and to do Candolle, 

 11 134, 149, 207; 'Record of Family Faculties,' 

 1884, II 363 etc.; 'Life History Album,' 1884, 

 1903, II 366 etc.; 'Finger Print Directories,' 1895, 

 11 1 A 199-215; 'Finger Prints,' 1892, III A 174-194, 

 References to, III A 141, 142; 'Hereditary Genius,' 

 1859, 1892, 1912, II 87-115, References to, I 5, 7, 

 II 70, Charles Darwin on, I 6; 'Inquiries into Human 

 Faculty and its Development,' 1883, II 248-267, 

 References to, I 5, II 87, 207 (de Candolle), 212, 238, 

 241, 361; 'The Knapsack Guide for Travellers in 

 Switzerland,' 1864, 1867, II 11; 'Memories of my 

 Life,' 1908, I1I A 354-355, References to, III A 329, 

 339, 342-346, 354-355, III B 585-588, 613; 'Meteoro- 

 granliica, Methods of Mapping the Weather; illus- 

 trated by upwards of 600 printed and lithographed 

 Diagrams...,' 1861, II 38-43, Plate VII; 'Natural 

 Inheritance,' 1889, III A 57-77, References to, I 5, 

 II 84, 87, III A 79-82; 'Noteworthy Families (Modern 

 Science),' 1906, III A 113-121, Reference, II 149; 

 'Tropical South Africa,' 1853, 1889, I 215 etc., 

 References to, I 215, 240; 'Vacation Tourists and 

 Notes of Travel,' 1860-1862, ed. by F. G., II 6-7 



Booth, llr, medical sponsor to Galton, I B0, 99; con- 

 sulted by Galton, 1 152 

 Booth, C. his survey of the population of London, 



Ill A 228, 231 

 Booth, Johnny, death of, from scarlet fever, 'I 81 

 Booth, Mrx (Allele Galton, aunt of Francis Galton), at 



birth of Galton, I 02; at death »f bei father, lll A 46; 



old letters of, III" 676; silhouette of, 1 54 Plate 



XXXV; portrait of, I 64 Plate XXXVI 

 Unrdt r-line Cases, and 'mechanical selector,' II 308 

 Boredom, measurements of, II 277 

 Ilorlkiewicz, von, and Galton's difference problem, 



II 413 

 Boscastle, visit to, II 130 



Botany, Galton studies under Lindley, 1 121, 123 

 Boulogne, Galton at school at, I 68, 70-73 

 Boulton, H. \V., at the Rev. At wood's school, I 77 

 Boulton, Mathew P. W., Galton's friendship with, I 77, 



188; at Cambridge, I 141, 143, 150 

 Boulton, Montague, at Cambridge, 1 171; Galton up the 



Nile with, I 200-203; Galton meets at Beyrout, 1 204; 



death of, I 204 

 liourdillon, J., and use of finger-prints in India, 



III A 147 

 Itt'iilmij, 6., honour conferred on, III B 494 

 Bowen, and 'The Reader,' II (is 

 Bowman, Sir IF., Galton's early tour with, I 92-97, 



III B 565; Galton works at anatomy under, I 105; 



Galton's acquaintance with, 1 126 

 Jlowring, a wrangler at Cambridge, I 167 

 Boyhood, of Galton, I 62-91, I1I B 449-452, 618; 



associations of youth and, II 235 

 Boyle Lecture, given by Karl Pearson, 11I A 309, 



313-315 

 Brabrook, Sir /<;., on low literary standard of scientific 



memoirs, III-*- 330, 332 

 Bradford, effect of Factory Acts in, III A 368 

 Bradlaugh, and Neomalthusianism, III A 243 

 Bradshaw, Henry, advice from, 1II A 322 

 Brain, Galton on activity of, II 234-236; selective 



action of, II 256; weight of, in eminent nun, 



III A 248; pigment of, and insanity, 111 A 372; in 



the sane and the insane, 1H A 298, 356 

 Braine, Elizabeth, marriage of, with Robert Barclay, 



I 35; ancestry of, I 31, 34, 35 

 lira in work, unconscious, 1II A 115 

 Bramah, his lock and Galton's, I 148 

 Branford, V. V., on architects of science of sociology, 



III A 261; Galton consults with, III" 529 

 Breadsall Church, sketch of, I 74 Plate XLIV 

 Breadsall Priory, home of Dr Erasmus Darwin, 111" 525 ; 



visits to, I 74; sketches of, I 74 Plates X LI 1 1. XLIV 

 Breathing, its submission to the will. II 247 

 Bree, Adile (great-niece to Galton), ill 8 586, 587 

 Bree, Archdeacon, translates honorary degree oration at 



Cambridge as to Galton's achievements, III" 494, 495 

 Bree, Sophy (great-niece to Galton), III B 611, 512; sees 



Galton receive the D.C.L. in Oxford, III B 491 

 Breeding, art of, and stud-books, II 321; experimental, 



III A 128-131, 272, 273 

 Breeds, establishment of, and regression, IU A 31; 



suitability of, for experiment, 111 A 135 

 Br eam , Mrs (Sophia Galton, aunt of Francis Galton), 



character of, I 54; mementoes from, 11I B 585; 



portrait of, I 54 Plate XXXV 

 Brewster, Sir David, parentage of, II 137 

 Brewster, E. T., on a measure of variability, etc., 



III A 95 

 'Bridgewater Treatises,' authors of, II 151, 162 

 Bristed, C.A., his 'Five Years in an English University,' 



I 171, 182 



