Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton.

  • Francis Galton
Date:
1892
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Credit: Hereditary genius : an inquiry into its laws and consequences / by Francis Galton. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    numbers to percentages, 7,9, and 10 must be multiplied by the number of times that 25 goes into 100, namely by 4. They will then become 28, 36, and 40, and will be found entered as such, in column B, p. 265; the parent numbers 7, 9, 10, appearing in the same table in the column A. In the following table, the columns B_ of all the different groups are printed side by side; I have, how- ever, thrown Painters and Musicians into a single group of Artists, because their numbers were too small to make it worth while to consider them apart. Annexed to these ALL GROUPS SEPARATE GROUPS. TOaRREEe ‘Number of families, each containing | : orouoan Mae 85 39 Di 83; 438 20 28 25 1 300 eminent man. . ie | | | Total number of emi- ) l| nent men in all}| 262 | 130 89 | 119 | 148, 57 97 75 977 the families... Noy a | S se Yen) HH a aman Se ee coe ea 2 Fax Illustrious and wm ees gal Pog lao] & | F = | #\- | Eminent Men of rob) aoa) S - | 636 yon at Pa SS on Fem) ey sleet Bey We delice all Classes. Sa ewe oa CEs eel whee Sea tic ow rie ) ip O By lee a BB el aB a Ba Cae Father. 7. - 2. 4 06 | 38| 471|, 48| 26| 20) 32] 28/|| 31 | 100) 3f | IBIROWNEP = bo am ot B35) 39 50 | 4251 47 40 50 36 || 41 | 150 oT Ole sues eet toe ee 36 49 Sil 51 60 45 89 40 48 | 100 48 Grandfather ....| 15 28 16 24 14 5 6 20 17 | 200 8 Uncle wey stat 18 18 8 24 16 5 14 40 18 | 400 5 INephewie sues 19 18 35 24 3 50 18 4 22 | 400 5 Grandsoner nee 19 10 Ue, 9 14 5 18 16 14 | 200 ( Great-grandfather . 2 8 8 38 0 0 0 4 3 | 400 1 Great-uncle .... 4 5 8 6 5 5 7 4 5 | 800 1 First-cousin .... it 21 20 18 16 0 i 8 13 | 800 2 Great-nephew ...| 17 is 8 6) eel om 0 0 0 10 | 800 1 Great-grandson .. 6 0 0 3 i 0 0 0 3 | 400 1 All more remote. . 14. 37 44 1) 23 5 18 16 31 ?
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