. Biology; the story of living things. . Landmarks for making anthropological measurements, o/, alare; en, eurion; gh glabella; gn, gnathion; na, nasion; op, opisthocranium; sn, subnasale; zy, zygnion. (After Sullivan.) " I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it, but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatis- factory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may ; The s
. Biology; the story of living things. . Landmarks for making anthropological measurements, o/, alare; en, eurion; gh glabella; gn, gnathion; na, nasion; op, opisthocranium; sn, subnasale; zy, zygnion. (After Sullivan.) " I often say that when you can measure what you are speaking about, and express it in numbers, you know something about it, but when you cannot express it in numbers, your knowledge is of a meager and unsatis- factory kind; it may be the beginning of knowledge, but you have scarcely in your thoughts advanced to the stage of science, whatever the matter may ; The science of measuring man is called Anthro'pometry. Dr. Louis R. Sullivan, formerly anthropologist at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City, has prepared a compact pocket manual, entitled Essentials of Anthropometry, designed particularly to aid travelers and students generally, who may be interested in the biological side of racial problems among the various peoples with whom they come in contact. In this excellent little manual Dr. Sullivan indicates six essential dimensions as a minimum, namely, head breadth, face breadth, nasal width, head length, face height, and nasal height, from which four critical ratios, or indices,. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Hunter, George W. (George William), 1873-1948; Walter, Herbert Eugene, b. 1867; Hunter, George W. (George William), 1902-. New York, Cincinnati [etc. ] American book company
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