Fingerprint Techniques
- Date:
- 1888-1892
- Reference:
- GALTON/2/9/6/3/2/2
- Part of:
- Galton Papers
- Archives and manuscripts
About this work
Description
Test prints, notes and other material relating to Galton's investigations into the best method for taking fingerprints. Includes slips of paper with test prints and notes on how the prints were made, and notes from W J Herschel with examples of prints made from a mixture of birdlime and candle-black.
Publication/Creation
1888-1892
Physical description
25 pieces
Location of duplicates
A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
Terms of use
The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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Where to find it
Location of original
The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.
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