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Association of Finger- Prints 
TABLE 4ci. 
Distribution of Ridges in Loops. 
Right Hand. Left Hand. 
No. of 
Ri 
^2 
Ridges 
1,2 
Li 
1 
,3 
19 
18 
8 
7 
2 
20 
21 
5 
2 
7 
68 
47 
27 
24 
15 
79 
65 
25 
3 
7 
76 
50 
26 
49 
14 
117 
54 
40 
Jf 
8 
71 
66 
35 
68 
22 
71 
60 
33 
5 
24 
67 
57 
58 
70 
32 
70 
52 
45 
6 
14 
47 
80 
36 
92 
29 
54 
47 
32 
7 
24 
45 
76 
44 
77 
41 
64 
75 
47 
8 
29 
50 
85 
45 
73 
54 
67 
70 
34 
9 
25 
40 
97 
36 
83 
65 
65 
77 
53 
10 
43 
47 
109 
55 
94 
72 
73 
117 
61 
11 
53 
55 
116 
48 
100 
91 
76 
124 
89 
12 
53 
69 
120 
71 
133 
110 
77 
125 
119 
13 
65 
62 
116 
66 
111 
98 
65 
141 
94 
14 
89 
60 
128 
76 
143 
119 
67 
139 
111 
15 
68 
60 
84 
79 
103 
100 
49 
99 
94 
16 
91 
43 
75 
73 
106 
128 
35 
66 
117 
17 
86 
38 
62 
60 
97 
92 
26 
47 
86 
18 
84 
33 
28 
65 
73 
70 
12 
37 
60 
19 
100 
16 
11 
34 
46 
57 
11 
15 
58 
20 
61 
12 
5 
34 
48 
39 
7 
6 
33 
21 
49 
7 
4 
18 
19 
25 
3 
4 
22 
22 
34 
2 
2 
19 
3 
13 
6 
1 
12 
23 
33 
4 
8 
4 
17 
9 
24 
22 
1 
1 
4 
6 
7 
1 
1 
8 
25 
11 
2 
2 
1 
2 
26 
7 
1 
2 
1 
1 
27 
7 
1 
1 
1 
28 
7 
1 
29 
1 
1 
SO 
32 
35 
1 
I 
1 
2 
1 
Totals 
1105 
993 
1437 
1032 
1634 
1314 
1115 
1443 
1295 
10 
32 
42 
56 
69 
69 
70 
91 
85 
122 
156 
157 
134 
150 
131 
136 
88 
64 
33 
17 
6 
4 
2 
1 
2 
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TABLE 4 6. 
Number of 
Loops 
Means 
Standard Deviations 
Coefficients of Variation 
R 
L 
R 
L 
R 
L 
R 
L 
Thumb 
Index 
Middle Finger 
Ring Finger... 
Little Finger . 
1105 
993 
1437 
1032 
1634 
1314 
1115 
1443 
1295 
1727 
15-52+ -10 
9-69+ -12 
10- 41+ -08 
1237+ -12 
11- 75+ -08 
13-27+ -09 
8-83+ -10 
10- 55+ -08 
12-77+ -10 
11- 53+ -07 
5-17 + -07 
5-41 ±-08 
4- 46+ -06 
5- 48+ -08 
4-97+ -06 
4 -63 +-06 
4 -88 +-07 
4- 53+ -06 
5- 09+ -07 
4-46+ -05 
34-34± -53 
55-82 + 1-08 
42-80+ -63 
44-31+ -78 
42-30+ -58 
34-85+ -51 
55-24 + 1-00 
42-91 ± -63 
39-85+ -61 
38-71+ -50 
