Table showing various “whorl” patterns to be found in the prints, featured in Galton’s Finger Prints (1892).
Featured on PDR in the essay The Anthropometric Detective and His Racial Clues
Ava Kofman explores how the spectre of race, in particular Francis Galton's disturbing theory of eugenics, haunts the early history of fingerprint technology.
Also appearing in the essay…
Table Showing Various “Whorl” Patterns in Fingerprints
Date
1892
From
Finger Prints
