 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
 | Alfred Cort Haddon - 1898 - 472 pages
...height standing. The square should be employed here also if the tape against a wall is used. " Length af Cranium. — Measured with callipers from the most...Care must be taken to hold the instrument so that both its points are exactly on the same horizontal level. THE STUDY OF MAN 1 l! >» 1 u = i1 s !•»••... | |
 | 1898 - 782 pages
...the most prominent part of the projection between the eyebrows (glabella) to the most distant joint at the back of the head in the middle line. Care should...Cranium. --The maximum breadth of head, which is usually alx>ut the level of the top of the ears, is measured at right angles to the length. Care must be taken... | |
 | British Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting - 1894 - 1096 pages
...that the height is taken in the middle line of the head. If the subject should object to take oft" his boots, measure the thickness of the boot-heel,...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... | |
 | Edward Hungerford Goddard - 1894 - 894 pages
...off his boots, measure the thickness of the boot-heel, and deduct it from stature indicated in boots. Length of Cranium. — Measured with callipers from...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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