| Description | Measurement schedules completed by visitors to Galton's Anthropometric Laboratory stand at the 1884 International Health Exhibition in South Kensington.
Each schedule records the following information:
Sex.
Colour of eyes.
Date.
Initials.
Eyesight: right; left (greatest distance reading diamond type).
Colour sense, goodness of.
Judgement of eye: error percentage in dividing a line of 15 inches in 3 parts; in 2 parts; error in degrees of estimating squareness.
Hearing: keenness can hardly be tested here due owing to the noises and echoes.
Highest audible note: between x + y vibrations per second.
Breathing power: greatest expiration in cubic inches.
Swiftness of blow of hand in feet per second.
Strength of squeeze: right hand; left hand (lbs).
Strength of pull (lbs).
Span of arms (from finger tips of opposite hands).
Height: sitting, measured from seat of chair; standing in shoes (less height of heel; height without shoes.
Weight in ordinary indoor clothing (lbs).
Additional questions: age last birthday; married or unmarried; birthplace; occupation; residence in town, suburb or country? |