The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-04-01

IL II certain that many Impressions OF mn
| gers are found on ancient pottery. as on Ro-
man tiles; indeed. the Latin word paiynatusis
said to mean an impression in soft clay such
ss mark upon a wall. stamped By blow
with the palm. Nall marks are used ornament
ally By the potters OF various natona They
exist on Assyrian bricks ss signatures. Mr.
| Gallon mentions an incident which affected
| the design Of the Chinese money about o18
A. d. new and I'm portaut Issue OF coinage
was to be made. and the secretary OF the CEN
sors, having himself moulded the design in
wax submitted IL to the reiRning Empress for
approval She. through maladroitness dug
the end other enormously big nall into Its face.
The secretary. suppressine his annoyance at
the souRinR Of his work. accepted the
nail mark OF the Empress as an interesting
supplement to his design; he changed II Into
q crescent in relief and the new coins were
stamped accordingly. As regards the papillsry
ridges with which Mr.. Cation IL concerned. it
does not appear that any particular heed has
been paid to them by European practitioners
OF palmistry and cheiromsncy. But eorre-
spondent OF the American journal. Science.
has stated that the Chinese class the stri@ at
the ends OF the fingers into pots" when they
are arranged in coil. and into hooks" We
are also told that they are scrutinized By the
ohsiromsntists OF japan.
II was Purkinis who. In 1929 Mt the Univsr-
sity Of Breslsu. delivered the now famous the
o. commentary on nnRe. mak .nrn
itss uI"" he h''enuon Vi so'onu..s " -,
ps.srns sno a'tempteo 10 ciss'hS mem. 1ho
saInes. weh. petson Nn' ses"e w heNo
s.uelea .ne nnesuonn OF .he rI,sesss means
VI ioenuhosuon was De"ick' ""o hsue 81 IN
pIsssIoo y, nus own MUM On oiVeN VI "v"u
sno enRrSVeo IT. as Weli As an lhpresslon .,
siRns for his Illustrated book. Other instances
esreIui research IN tne same unooe'on sre
noted. among tnem tnat Oh m,. TABOR, pno-
,okispner .. osn r.enoIseo' wno' no.,.ink ~.
Hnoa'ions VI print une' 10 heu eoei"oh.s,
msoe win nis own iakeu nnser "pon piV.-
uhk paper' e.peri"eh.eu iuI.hor' sh. nnap
Iecommsnoeu .ne metnoo OF nnter prinIs Ior
.ne IeRsU.auon oi .hinese "noss iuon-
u ". JUS nWeys oeen uimcue Aki,'
hr. ohpert thompson an hmerican eeol-
okst when on government out, IN 1867 IN
.he WIG psr's OF ne" meAico paia tne mem
pers OF MS party py oruers on the camp suffer
across the impression made By his finger
upon tne ofuer aHer nrst pressing upon ms
once pao. Aiao-simhe Oh one Oh tneee hnRer-
hRneo checks 10 gwen IN tnis Yo'ume py
,al 'ne moN impoI'an. oAper,men' however.
mas oeoh tue regular anu o,nc'ei emp,o,men'
OF nneer MARKS oy or "i!hsm herscnei our
ing more vnan aouarte. OF oen'u,p IN nen-
gar Dir Wihiam iouhd IL was SO oiincuit 70
OBTAIN ereaenee lor the SIGNATURES OF .ne ma
yves. tnati 1905 ne oegan 70 use An impress
sion oi .ne nana nse,'. chneny win 'no .n'en-
uon OF irlRnteninR .ne man VINO maze !. from
silerwaro oenyine MS Sign manual LIDO im-
pres'ion pto'eo 80 Hoou tns' or "nham 20
oame oon.ihoeu .ns. .no mo'hoe VI iuon''ne~
tion mien. 90 iur'ner u'nizeu' nnsrseventeen
'ears e.pof'enoe VI 'ho saiue VI INC e'iuonee
snoroeo. no hhaiy' In loI', introduced tne
use Oh hnesr ptin,s IN several aomihis'Ia'i'o
oepar'mon'S st nooenp' oince 'heh nnRor
prlns nave pcen .aken ol penslohe,s.o pre-
ven. eheir pcfsons'on " o'neis s"eI 'her
ues'n they nave oeen usea IN 'ne once Ior
the registration OF deeos. ana aa lail wnere
eaen peison mas i"u W sien WIN nis hnser'
oy comparine .he prints OF persons living Na
sNon time WIN tnose mnoe W .nem twenty
Sesrs pie'iousS. or "ham ne.scne' oon.
sluers himsen 10 nave proved I'm. 'ne lapse Oh
d. iess' uss perioo causes no ohAnGe suni'
eion' !" sn00' '"e "'iii'y Vi 'h' p'An'
~
from TINS outline OF the history OF the SUD
'ect iet US turn 10 mr. oaton CONCLUSIONS IL
may DO wen 70 again remind the reader pre-
ciseiy what 10 tn' ne mas studied. inc
pains OF tue nanas anu the soies Oh tho ieet
are covered WIN t"ototahy ois'inct oiasses OF
MARKS. me most conspicuous are inc creases
or foios OF the skin "nieh interes. tho ioho"-
ers OF paimisHy. Out "hien 70 others are no
more sisnincsn' 'han 'ho creases IN oiu
eiotneA inc iease eonspicuous. put oy lar
most numerous marks: arc inc pAphatS
ridges. IT'S these whicn are examined In inc
present oook. mr. uAiton points out thal nad
these riages oeeh only twice as large as .heS
are they Wouiu haVe eAcneo generai ATTENTION.
and Deen commented on from the earliest