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Index 



Proficiency, and practice, II 372, 373 



Profiles, identification by, II 304, 306, 324, 321! ; of 



Greek girl from a gem, II 309; formula for, II 809; 



indexing of, II 304, 323-328, EH* 826, 826; Qalton'i 



collection of, II 323, 324: racial, 11 324; resemblance 



of, in relatives. II 809, 310, 324; Gallon working on, 



III" 578, 602, 605. See also Silhouettes 

 Progenitors, value of life-histories of, II 302, 303; 



knowledge of, in 'Kantsay where,' III A 415, 422 

 Projxtganda, and scientific research, III A 371, 372, 379; 



needs and difficulties of, III A 407, 408; Galton's 



methods of, III A 412 

 Pryor, collection of silhouettes of, III B 580 

 Psychical, measurements, and normal curve, II 90, 91 ; 



in schools, II 344; characters, ranking of, II 351; 



measure of strength of resemblance in, III A 69 

 Psychological, investigations of Galton, II 211-282; 



papers, English and Continental, II 213 

 Psychologists, and the correlation of ranks, II 393 

 Psychology, experimental, and Galton, II 211-213; of 



the herd, II 73, 74 

 Psychometric, instruments devised by Galton, II 215- 



228 ; observations and experiments of Galton, II 228- 



248 

 Psychometry, definition of, II 233 

 Psycho-Physics, II 229; science of, II 307 

 Public Opinion, power of , III A 352,367; instability of, 



III* 321, 404 

 Pull, strength of, II 374, 376 

 'Punch,' drawing in, III A 335, 375, 376; on 'the squeeze 



of 86,' II 375 

 Punishments, legal, result of Florence Nightingale's 



queries on, II 417 

 Pure Breed, III A 76, 77 



'Pure-Line' hypothesis, II 171, III A 10, 11, 58, 221 

 Purkenje, work of, on finger-prints, III A 141, 143, 161, 



174, 179, 184; standard patterns of, III A 179 



Plate IX 

 Pursuits, and early interests of Galton, I 68, 69, 71, 76, 



77, 78, 80, 82, 83, 85, 90, 101, 109, 111 



Quagga taint, II 159 



Quakers, and Galton ancestry, I 9, 11, 27-49, 59, 74; 

 persecutions of, I 31, 32, 34-38; and commercial 

 enterprise, I 32^0, 46; Samuel Galton disowned by, 

 145 



Quartiles, Galton's definition of, II 338; Galton's use of, 

 III A 51, 54, 55, 422; and standard deviations, II 339 



'Quedley,' meaning of, III A 325, 326 



'Questions of the Day and of the Fray,' II 27 



Quetelet, and Galton, II 12, 39 ; and Florence Nightingale, 

 II 414, 418; 'mean man' of, II 295; and composite 

 portraits, II 297; and application of mathematics to 

 social phenomena, III A 1; and the normal curve, 

 II 90; on expectation and realisation, etc., II 418; 

 achievements of, II 420 ; ' Letters on Probabilities ' of, 

 II 89, 335 



Quincunx, Galton's, III A 9, 10, 63 



Rabbits, and experiments on pangenesis, II 156-169, 

 174-177 



Race, Galton's definition of, III A 84, 85; improvement 

 of, III A 233-235, 241, 242, 252, 253, 355 (see also 

 under Eugenics); survival of, II 82, 83; extinction of, 

 II 264; selection and, II 120, 263; influence of man 

 upon, II 264 



Races, inequalities of, II 32, 33, 106-109, III A 252; 

 mental peculiarities of, II 88; innate character and 

 intelligence of different, II 352, 353; civilised and 

 uncivilised, mental imagery in, II 239, 240; com- 

 parison of types of, III A 325, 326; finger-prints in 



different, III A 139, 140, 143, 193, 194, IIIB 485, 489- 

 491; relative fertility of, III A 218, 219; ami stirps, 

 II 171; composite photographs of, II 290, 294 



Racial mentality, and physical characters, II 301 



Radiometer, of Crookes, and spirit' influence, II 63 



Radium, Galton's interest in, 111" 522 



Ramsay, Sir W., on American science, 1II B 531 



Ramsay, Prof. W. M., honour conferred on, III 1 * 494 



Randal (Randall or Randle!), Sergeant, at Galton's 

 anthropometric laboratory, II 378,III B 489; injury to, 

 and finger-prints of, III A 154 



Ranking, Galton's method of, II 236; and mental 

 imagery, II 238; of psychical characters, II 351; and 

 the ogive curve, II 335 



Ranks, theory of, II 337, applications of, II 389-391 ; 

 correlation of, II 393, III A 3 



Rats, experiments on, II 166, 167, 176; and rat-catchers, 

 III B 532-534, 548 



Rawson, Sir R. W., and International Statistical 

 Institute, II 397 



Ray, Mrs, Galton meets, III B 593 



Rayleigh, Lord, chairman of Roy. Soc. Committee on 

 Colour-blindness, II 227; Karl Pearson writes to, on 

 the trusteeship of the Weldon Medal, III A 285, 286; 

 Hon. Fellow of Trinity College, III A 236, 238; re- 

 markable head of, III A 248; presidential address of, 

 III A 301; on possibility of the earth losing her 

 atmosphere, III B 470; a Copley medallist, IIl A 431, 

 111= 614 



Reaction Time, instrument for determining, II 219, 220, 

 III B 514; classification on basis of, II 229; measure- 

 ment of, II 277, 278, 359 



'Reader, The,' and Galton, II 67-69; supporters of, 

 II 68 



'Recessive,' discussion of term, III A 337 



'Record of Family Faculties and Life History Album,' 

 II 363-370 



Recreations of Galton, changing with age, III A 353 



Rede Lecture, Galton's, II 268, 270, 271, III B 473 



Register, national, proposed by Galton, II 120-122; 

 general, of the insane, III A 365, 366; biographical, 

 II 355, III A 264 (the 'Golden Book') 



Registrators, for anthropometric data, Galton's pocket, 

 II 340, 341 



Regression, first idea of, III A 6-11, 13; coefficient of, 

 III A 25, 47; and correlation, III A 50; and progression, 

 IIIA 58- and selection, II 221, 263; in Galton's sweet- 

 pea experiments, III A 6, 7. 13 ; nature of, illustrated by 

 quincunx, III A 9; and heredity in stature of man, 

 III A 11-34; and the generant, III A 20; establishment 

 of breeds and, III A 31; law of, II 79, III A 46: and 

 stability of types, III A 46; evolution and, IIl A 4S; 

 formula for multiple, II 54, 55; Galton's fallacious 

 reasoning regarding, III A 23, 24, 58, 61, 76, 78-80, 

 82-84, 86, 87, 93, 94, 170 



Regression Line, Galton reaches his first, II I A 3, 4; 

 determination of slope of, from contour lines of 

 correlation table, III A 13, 14, 52; of offspring on 

 midparent for stature, III A 13; earliest published, 

 III A 24 



Rehoboth, Galton remembered at, I 223 



Reid, Mr, photographs horses for Galton, III B 506, 

 507. [N.B. It has now been ascertained that all the 

 negatives of these were destroyed by him after printing! 



Reid, Archdall, and inheritance of tuberculosis. 1 1 1 v 260 



Relations, average number of, III A 390, 391, 396, 397 



Religion, widening of Galton's views on the function of. 

 1207, 208; and science, II 147, 151, 152, 261; and 

 Eugenics, II 249, 267, III A 265, 272 274: and the 

 public conscience, III A 267; and celibacy, III A 269; 

 and national stability, III A 88; early training and, 



