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Small sliding compass, for criminal identification, Paris
Small sliding compass, for criminal identification system, Paris, France, 1880-1885 Made from brass, this instrument was used to measure the length and the breadth of the ear, as part of measurements taken from criminals by the Identification Bureau at the Prefecture of Police in Paris, France. It is thought to have been owned by Alphonse Bertillon (1853-1914), the chief of criminal identification…
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
Creator
- Science Museum, London
Type of item
- Photograph
- Photograph
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- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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- Credit: Science Museum, London
Source
- L0059092
Identifier
- L0059092
- Science Museum A683199
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Providing country
- United Kingdom
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First time published on Europeana
- 2019-06-09T11:25:27.893Z
Last time updated from providing institution
- 2019-06-09T11:25:27.893Z