The Study of ManG.P. Putnam's Sons, 1898 - 410 pages |
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... face oval , eyes grey , " etc. - have never led to the recogni- tion of criminals , save in the realms of romance . Photographs are certainly preferable to descriptions of any kind , but photography solves only a part of our prob- lem ...
... face oval , eyes grey , " etc. - have never led to the recogni- tion of criminals , save in the realms of romance . Photographs are certainly preferable to descriptions of any kind , but photography solves only a part of our prob- lem ...
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... face and profile , are the last methods employed . The Bertillon system consists in measuring the length of various parts , always at the same spot , and taken in a regu- lar order . These are in the order of their importance : ( 1 ) ...
... face and profile , are the last methods employed . The Bertillon system consists in measuring the length of various parts , always at the same spot , and taken in a regu- lar order . These are in the order of their importance : ( 1 ) ...
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... face of a great noble , the contemporary of Kheops ; and any peasant woman of the Delta may bear upon her shoulders the head of a XIIth Dynasty king . A citizen of Cairo , gazing with wonder at the statues of Khafra or of Seti I. in the ...
... face of a great noble , the contemporary of Kheops ; and any peasant woman of the Delta may bear upon her shoulders the head of a XIIth Dynasty king . A citizen of Cairo , gazing with wonder at the statues of Khafra or of Seti I. in the ...
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... face , so full of energy , firmness , and resolution , forms , as Poole remarks , the greatest contrast with the air of calm re- pose and placid dignity peculiar to the old Egyptian kings . These foreign over - lords conquered Egypt ...
... face , so full of energy , firmness , and resolution , forms , as Poole remarks , the greatest contrast with the air of calm re- pose and placid dignity peculiar to the old Egyptian kings . These foreign over - lords conquered Egypt ...
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... face , and therefore we have to make allowance for this peculiarity in our attempt to define types . This done , and the comparison made with sculptures in the round , of which we had examples of some leading types , we found : 2 ...
... face , and therefore we have to make allowance for this peculiarity in our attempt to define types . This done , and the comparison made with sculptures in the round , of which we had examples of some leading types , we found : 2 ...
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