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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelItem
Reference Number GALTON/2/5/10/3/1
TitleSmith, Captain F to Francis Galton
DateOct 1895-Feb 1898
DescriptionLetters from Smith to Galton regarding the measurement of horses.
Smith discusses measurements useful for hereditary enquiry, the difficulty of establishing proportions useful to breeders, the growth and development of horses, methods of measurement, information on stud and livestock books, and the difficulty of representing measurements and correct proportions in photographs.
Smith measured and photographed horses for Galton. Enclosed are several annotated diagrams of horses, and several annotated photographs.
Extent21 letters plus 7 enclosures
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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