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"Compas d'epaisseur micrometrique", precision calliper for anthropometrical measurements of the face, designed by Paul
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"Compas d'epaisseur micrometrique", precision calliper for anthropometrical measurements of the face, designed by Paul
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
"Compas d'epaisseur micrometrique", precision calliper for anthropometrical measurements of the face, designed by Paul
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
Science Museum Group Collection
© The Board of Trustees of the Science Museum
"Compas d "epaisseur micrometrique", precision calliper for anthropometrical measurements of the face, designed by Paul Broca, made by Mathieu, Paris
Known as a compass d’epaisseur, this calliper was used to measure the thickness of the neck. Held horizontally, the two branches were applied to the neck and the measurement in millimetres read from the scale. Neck thickness was just one measurement taken of the human body by anthropologists in the 1800s, who attempted to classify humans into different types and races.
Devised by Paul Broca (1824-80), a French surgeon and anthropologist, the calliper was made by Mathieu, a French surgical instrument maker.
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- Category:
- Psychology, Psychiatry & Anthropometry
- Identifier:
- 1980-1101/1
- taxonomy:
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- furnishing and equipment
- measuring device - instrument
- credit:
- Christie's South Kensington Limited
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