String of Discs

Date:
1893
Reference:
GALTON/2/7/4/10
Part of:
Galton Papers
  • Archives and manuscripts

About this work

Description

Contains a sheet labelled "String of Discs" with an illustrative picture, a paper model of interlinked discs, a mounted card model of 5 overlapping discs with holes punched to allow attachment of moving arms, and a moving card model of 5 discs linked by arms allowing range of movement..

Publication/Creation

1893

Physical description

1 folio plus 3 models

Location of duplicates

A digitised copy is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

Terms of use

The papers are available at UCL Special Collections and Archives subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.

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Where to find it

Location of original

The original material is held at UCL Special Collections. This catalogue is held by the Wellcome Library as part of Codebreakers: Makers of Modern Genetics.

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