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Dactylography and The Origin of Finger-Printing (Paperback)
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Dactylography and The Origin of Finger-Printing (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century
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The Scottish doctor Henry Faulds (1843-1930) and the English judge
Sir William James Herschel (1833-1917) both recognised the
potential of fingerprints as a means of identification. While
working in Japan, Faulds had developed his methods after noticing
impressions on ancient pottery. Herschel, during his service as a
magistrate in India, had introduced a system of using fingerprints
as a way of preventing fraud. In the course of a lengthy
controversy, Faulds sought to be acknowledged for the significance
of his discoveries. Although there is no doubt that Faulds was
first to publish on the subject, it was Herschel's work, begun in
the 1850s, which was later developed by Galton and Henry as the
tool of forensic science we know today. Reissued here together,
these two works, first published in 1912 and 1916 respectively, are
Faulds' overview of the subject and Herschel's account of his work
in India.
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