. Guide to finger-print identification [electronic resource]. like God; for in the same things that we resemble Him, weare utterly different from Him. There was never anything so likeanother, as in all points to concur; there will ever some reserveddifference slip in, to prevent the identity, without which, two severalthings would not be alike, but the same, which is impossible. Ridges and Furrows. I propose now to describe these ridges of the skin which makepatterns that form the basis of my method of identification. On theface or palmar surface of our hands and feet the skin is marked withal
. Guide to finger-print identification [electronic resource]. like God; for in the same things that we resemble Him, weare utterly different from Him. There was never anything so likeanother, as in all points to concur; there will ever some reserveddifference slip in, to prevent the identity, without which, two severalthings would not be alike, but the same, which is impossible. Ridges and Furrows. I propose now to describe these ridges of the skin which makepatterns that form the basis of my method of identification. On theface or palmar surface of our hands and feet the skin is marked withalternate rows of ridges and grooves or furrows, which collectivelyare not unlike the aspect of a ploughed field. On the crest or backgenerally of these ridges open out the sweat pores of the skin, but itis not clear what definite relation subsists between them. There arepores where there are no ridges, but most ridges seem to bepunctured with pore-holes. Those furrows fade away insensibly, as arule but sometimes abruptly, at the boundary of the palms; but in. b. c. Fig. I. Skin Ridges and Furrows (enlarged). many places instead ot being arranged in parallel lines (generallysomewhat curved) as in a well ordered farm one may see them turninto a loop or circle, giving a new direction to the neighbouring ridgesand furrows and thus forming patterns of great distinctiveness andsignificance. Even the more regular ridges are seen to split or join,like a railway plan, as in fig. 2. Often those patterns are freak-like, butagain, to preserve the figure of a ploughed field, they often look as ifthe ploughman had encountered some hidden rock or stump of anb20443493
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