Bertillon
alphonse
[al-fons,, -fonz;; french al-fawns] /ˈæl fɒns,, -fɒnz;; french alˈfɔ̃s/ (show ipa), 1853–1914, french anthropologist: devised bertillon system.
historical examples
later, he gave me the bertillon measurements of the men, with an epitome of their history.
appletons’ popular science monthly, vol. 56, march 1900 various
she came to my father’s house with the boy, while we were living at bertillon.
original short stories, volume 13 (of 13) guy de maup-ssant
the professional thief is the ‘mugged grafter’; his photograph and bertillon measurements are known and recorded.
twenty years a detective in the wickedest city in the world clifton r. wooldridge
bertillon staggered in and remained standing in front of the sergeant.
in the foreign legion erwin rosen
it’s what the french call the bertillon system of identification, that’s what it is.’
the bishop’s secret fergus hume
i will leave a note about it for bertillon himself, he mustn’t miss the lobe of this ear.
through the wall cleveland moffett
compare this with the old bertillon system of anthropometric measurements.
scotland yard george dilnot
in the bertillon system the metric measurement is used exclusively.
practical instruction for detectives emmerson w. manning
both were photographed and had their measure taken according to the rules governing the bertillon system.
the mysterious murder of pearl bryan unknown
it mattered not that bertillon had never appeared in a handwriting case before, or that his skill in this line was unknown.
disputed handwriting jerome b. lavay
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