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Identifier: b20444102 (find matches)
Title: Classification and uses of finger prints (electronic resource)
Year: 1905 (1900s)
Authors: Henry, E. R. (Edward Richard), Sir, 1850-1931
Subjects: Dermatoglyphics
Publisher: London : Printed for H.M. Stationery Office, by Darling & Son
Contributing Library: Wellcome Library
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Fig. 36. 50 FINGER PRINTS Arch with pocket. Fig. 34 at first sight, appears tobe a Whorl surrounded by a Loop ; Illustration 127to be a Whorl resting on a Loop ; 130 a Loop restingon a Whorl ; but more strict examination shows thatsuch descriptions lack accuracy, and it is bettertherefore to group these varieties into subclassAccidentals of class Composites. Ridge Counting.—As about two impressionsout of every three are Loops, the subdivision intoulnar and radial fails to split them up intogroups sufficiently small, and it is necessary there-fore to still further differentiate them by othermethods. Fig. 37 represents the ridges of an ordinaryLoop. The line S B joins the two terminal points, inner and outer terminus. If the ridges whichcut the line S B are counted they will be foundto number 17, so this Loop is specialised as a Loopwith 17 ridges or counts, and if it is the impressionof a right hand digit it would be further specialisedas an ulnar ; if of a left hand digit as a radic

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