. Personal identification; methods for the identification of individuals, living or dead. o f ff f o 4 ee eee e eeee e ee 13 f e e ee e o o o o 15 f 1 e e ee • e e e eeeee ee 14 50 forks; 130 ends. Table to Accompany Figure 134, Indicating the Features Occurring inthe 100 Squares, f = fork; e = end. No Two Identical Finger Prints 327 arrangement, yet, if a single interspace between corresponding ribs wasmagnified enough to show the finer network, all similarity would vanishat once. In butterflies of a species having a complicated marking ontheir wings it is a difficult matter to find two that,
. Personal identification; methods for the identification of individuals, living or dead. o f ff f o 4 ee eee e eeee e ee 13 f e e ee e o o o o 15 f 1 e e ee • e e e eeeee ee 14 50 forks; 130 ends. Table to Accompany Figure 134, Indicating the Features Occurring inthe 100 Squares, f = fork; e = end. No Two Identical Finger Prints 327 arrangement, yet, if a single interspace between corresponding ribs wasmagnified enough to show the finer network, all similarity would vanishat once. In butterflies of a species having a complicated marking ontheir wings it is a difficult matter to find two that, even to the unaidedeye, exactly correspond, and even in such a case the separate scales whichform a given spot would be found to differ in number in the two, and thiscould be seen with a magnifying power not exceeding 10 or 15 two hairs, each but a half-inch in length, would be found absolutelyunlike if magnified sufficiently to show the epidermic markings that coverthe surface with a fine tracery. This last is confessedly an extreme case, and would require a magni-. .^~ < Figure 135. The isolated forks and ends of the previousfigure; 50 forks and 130 ends. Note several fork complexes,any one of which would be sufficiently characteristic of thepattern to identify it. The print shows also numerous char-acteristic islands. fication of probably 600 diameters to show it, but these are not highpowers for a professional microscopist, and with the proper apparatussuch an object can be photographed at the magnification indicated, sothat the results could be readily shown to any one who cared to is the individuality of the brain, the eye, the muscles and bones ofthe arm, which come to visible expression in the individual handwriting, 328 Personal Identification and this individuality is so great that no two men write ahke. Theskilled flourishes of the expert forger, although they may deceive theunaided eye, when magnified but a few diameters betray by the
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