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StorageSite	UCL Special Collections
Level	Item
Reference Number	GALTON/2/8/2/1
Title	Correspondence Regarding Measurement of Crania
Date	27 Nov 1879
Date2	2 Dec 1879
Date3	4 Dec 1879
Description	Two letters from J C Clarke of Millbank Prison to Galton regarding Clarke's work on craniometry whilst he was based at Pentonville Prison. Clarke describes how he took measurements of prisoners' heads by bending a soft sheet of lead from the forehead to the back of the neck and tracing the resulting outline onto paper. He sent these results to Galton, see GALTON/2/8/2/2. Letter from G Busk to Galton regarding craniometry and methods for measuring heads.
Extent	3 letters
AccessStatus	Open
AccessConditions	The 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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