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Report of the Committee, consisting of General Pitt-Rivers, Dr. 

 Garson, and Mr. Bloxam, appointed for the purpose of 

 calculating the Anthropological Measurements taken at Bath. 

 {Draivn xip by Dr. Garson, Secretary.) 



Encoukaged by the interesting and instructive results obtained from the 

 Anthropometric Laboratory instituted in connection with the Anthropo- 

 logical Section at the Manchester meeting of the Association, it was 

 thought desirable to continue the anthropometric observations at the Bath 

 meeting last year. A convenient laboratory was placed at the disposal of 

 the sectional officers (witli whom the idea of these observations first 

 originated) in the building assigned as the meeting- place of the Anthropo- 

 logical Section. Mr. Francis Galton very kindly lent a large number 

 of the instruments required for making tests, and permitted the super- 

 intendent of his anthropometric laboratory at South Kensington — Sergeant 

 Randall — to go to Bath, to carry on the work of the laboratory under our 

 superintendence. 



From experience gained in the laboratory at the Manchester meeting, 

 it was considered desirable to make a few alterations in the list of tests 

 employed, as some of the observations required more time to make than 

 it was possible to devote to them, except with a much larger staff of 

 assistants than could be obtained qualified to conduct anthropometric 

 researches. The system of measurement had, unfortunately, to be varied 

 also in some cases, to suit the instruments, from the metric system to 

 inches and pounds, which, though perhaps more intelligible to the persons 

 measured, has added considerably to the work of calculating and com- 

 paring the statistics of this meeting. Much interest in the laboratory 

 was taken by members of the Association, of whom many more than it 

 was possible to examine were desirous of having themselves measured 

 and their capabilities tested. The measurements and other tests, having 

 been made by Sergeant Randall, Mr. Bloxam, and Dr. Garson, are 

 probably more accurate and more homogeneous than those made at the 

 Manchester meeting, where assistance had to be obtained from several 

 gentlemen not previously experienced in anthropological work. On the 

 other hand, the observations made are not quite so numerous, and the 

 number of persons measured is fewer. 



The characters examined were the following : The height when 

 standing and sitting, the span of the arms, the length of the fore-arm 

 from the elbow to the tip of the middle finger, the maximum length and 

 breadth of the head, face, and nose; the breathing capacity ; the strength 

 of squeeze ; the weight ; the sense of distinguishing colour ; the judgment 

 of the eye, as estimated by the error in dividing a line into two and three 

 parts of equal length, and in demonstrating an angle of 90 and another 

 of 60 degrees. Note was also made of the colour of the hair and eyes, the 

 sex, age, birthplace, and occupation (if any) of each individual examined. 



During the course of the meeting the Committee of the Anthropo- 

 logical Section had under consideration the desirability of making more 

 efficient provision for the laboratory at future meetings. It was con- 

 sidered undesirable to have to borrow instruments each year, when for a 

 small sum the most necessary instruments could be purchased. Accord- 

 ingly the present Committee was nominated, and an application was made 

 for two sums of money to bo placed at its disposal, one for the purchase 



