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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number GALTON/2/5/3/7
TitleHorse Measurement Notes, Photographs and Diagrams
Datec1895-c1898
DescriptionGalton's notes regarding horse measurement, consisting of:
British Museum Reading Room request slips for M Hayes The Points of the Horse (London: W Thacker; 1893) and Among Men and Horses (London: T F Unwin; 1894); and David Salomons Electric Light Installation (London: Whittaker & Co; 1891), plus a paper slip showing a sketch of photographic apparatus. 4 ff.
A perspective drawing of a horse; 1 ff.
Sketch of a horse showing optimal distance from camera; 1 ff outsize.
Sketch of a horse with various body locations labelled A to J; 1 ff.
Photographs of horses with various body locations labelled A to J; 2 ff.
Table labelled "Measures of photo of horse"; 1 ff.
Notes and tables on horse age and horse measurement; 4 ff.
Extent12 folios plus 2 photographs
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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