| Description | Francis Galton's brown leather wallet, with enclosures:
Ticket for the British Museum Reading Room, for the Term of Six Months, from the 25th day of March 1879.
Thin strip of metal.
Calling cards.
Numerous photographs: of Mrs Galton, portrait photographs of unknown persons, statues, and composite portraits.
Fingerprints and fingerprint images.
Charts showing: relative sensitivity at the nape of the neck in men and women; grip strength and lung capacity amongst men aged 23-26; anthropometric percentiles; probability intergers; measurements for men and women at the International Health Exhibition 1884.
Newspaper clippings.
Text of public orator's speech at Francis Galton's honorary degree ceremony.
Recipe for ear wash.
Business card of Ad. Kenna, the Directeur de la Societe Anonyme des Travaux d'Eau.
Sketch of Champery.
A torn cheque to the value of £50.
Sundry notes, messages and scribbles. |