 For this the subject should be seated on a low stool or bench, having behind it a graduated rod or tape with its zero level with the seat ; he should sit perfectly erect, with his back well in against the scale. Then proceed as in measuring the height...  The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal - Page 31898Full view - About this book
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - 1204 pages
...graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be obtained from Aston & Mander for 1?. Gs. ; with this small equipment all the necessary measurements...Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its point« .are exactly on the same horizontal level. Face Length. — This is measured from... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - 1104 pages
...standard or support for the tape is vertical. The stature may be measured by placing the person witli his back against a wall to which a metre scale has...breadth of head, which is usually about the level of the lop of the ears, is measured at right angles to the length. Care must be taken to hold the instrument... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science - 1894 - 1272 pages
...measurement the callipers are used, and care should be taken to keep the end on the glabella steady by holding it there with the fingers while the other...maximum projection of the head behind. Breadth of head. — The maximum breadth of head is measured at right angles to the length. Care must be taken... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1896 - 414 pages
...permanent laboratory it will be found convenient to have a fixed graduated standard for measuring tl.e height, or a scale affixed to a wall. For field work...Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its points are exactly on the same horizontal level. Face Length. — This is measured from the... | |
 | Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire - 1896 - 420 pages
...keep the end of the callipers steady on the glabella by holding it there with the fingers, while ftie other extremity is searching for the maximum projection...Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its points are exactly on the same horizontal level. Face Length. — This is measured from the... | |
 | Alfred Cort Haddon - 1898 - 468 pages
...which are graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be obtained from Aston & Mander for £i 6s. ; with this small equipment all the necessary...Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its points are exactly on the same horizontal level. THE STUDY OF MAN c/5 H § u V G ta °l o... | |
 | Huguenot Society of London - 1898 - 768 pages
...graduated in millimetres, and a small set-square can be obtained from Aston <fe Mander for II. 6». : with this small equipment all the necessary measurements...Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its points are exactly on the same horizontal level. Face Length. — This is measured from the... | |
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