CIRCUMFERENCE OF CHEST — WEIGHT. 



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Table shotcing the relation of height, girth of chest, &c. — Contiuued. 



(/.) GERMANS, 1,343 MEN. 



Weight. 



Under 100 pounds 



lOOauduuder 120 



laO and under 140 



140 .-ind under 160 



160 and under 180 



180 and over 



Total, aud mean of total 



Number 

 of men. 



3 



168 

 67,'S 

 389 

 104 

 4 



1,343 



Mean height. 



Inches. 

 63. 333 

 64. 167 

 65. 532 

 66. 905 

 68. 346 

 69. 000 



65. 982 



Metres. 

 1.6087 

 1. 6298 

 1.6645 

 1.6994 

 1.7360 

 1. 7526 



1. 6759 



Mean girth of chest 

 at expiration. 



Inches. 

 30. 000 

 31. 357 

 32. 601 

 33. 969 

 35. 192 

 36. 000 



33. 047 



Metres. 

 .7620 

 .7965 



.8281 

 . 8628 

 .8939 

 .9144 



.8394 



Mean expansion 

 of chest. 



Incites. 

 2.833 

 3. 262 

 3. 226 

 3. 231 

 3.221 

 3.500 



3.231 



Metres. 

 .0720 

 . 0629 

 . 0819 

 . 0«21 

 .0818 

 ^ 0889 



. 0821 



From the foregoing- tables it is evident that, if the entire scale of increasing stature 

 be regarded, the expansibility of the chest is found to increase with it. The steps of 

 the process are, however, irregular. It should be observed, also, that the mobility 

 bears an equally regular relation to the circumference of the chest, an occurrence 

 which Hutchinson was inclined to deny. 



A remarkable answer is afforded to the inquiry as to the rate of increase of weight 

 with increasing circumference of chest. It has been already stated that, by Hutchin- 

 son's rule, there should be an increase of ten pounds in weight with each additional 

 inch of girth of chest. These tables show that — 



For each additional inch in circumference of chest, the increase in weight is — 



Pounds. Kilogrammes. 



In Englishmen 9. 852 4. 46 



In white natives of the United States 11. 695 5. 30 



In Irishmen 13.158 5.97 



In Germans 13.333 6.05 



In colored natives of the United States 13. 698 6. 21 



In British Americans ■ 14.992 6.80 



Mean of all 12.563 5.70 



Hutchinson's data svere obtained from-the examination of Englishmen; aud it must 

 be admitted that in their particular case the above figures closely sustain his conclu- 

 sions. But that there should be such a marvelous increase in the rate for cognate races, 

 seems entirely inexplicable, if any relation exist between the two qualities in question. 

 Mr. Gould's investigations led to an equally conflicting result, though in the other direc- 

 tion ; as, in no instance, does the increase of weight attain the alleged standard rate 

 of ten pounds. It seems probable that weight depends so much upon the operation of 

 fortuitous causes — as diet, exercise, sobriety, hereditary tendencies, etc. — that its rela- 

 tion to circumference of chest cannot be indicated by any formula. Some consider- 

 ation is also due to the fact that the foregoing tables exhibit the dimensions of accepted 

 men, averaging from 5 feet 6 inches to 5 feet 7 inches in height. The relation of weight 

 to stature increases rapidly in ratio when the height exceeds 5 feet 2 inches; so that, 

 while at 5 feet the cori-ect proportion is about 1.85 pounds to the inch, at 6 feet it should 

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