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MEAN DIMENSIONS OF BODY. 
TABLE IX. 
Comparison of Mean Dimensions. 
White Soldiers 
Sailors 
Students 
Full 
Blacks 
Mixed 
Races 
Indians 
Later 
Series 
Earlier 
Series 
Number of Men . . 
10 876 
7 904 
1 061 
291 
2 020 
863 
517 
Mean Age .... 
y 
26.2 
y 
25.1 
y 
26.1 
y 
21.7 
y 
25.7 
y 
26.2 
y 
30.7 
Length Head & Neck 
in. 
9.944 
in. 
9.981 
in. 
10.091 
in. 
10.098 
in. 
9.623 
in. 
9.561 
in. 
9.547 
Length of Body . . 
26.140 
26.099 
24.549 
26.109 
24.487 
24.680 
26.870 
Knee to Perinaeum . 
12.456 
- 
12.880 
12.652 
12.964 
12.692 
12.799 
Height to Knee . . 
18.609 
- 
18.498 
19.240 
19.136 
19.318 
19.009 
Stature 
67.149 
67.366 
66.018 
68.099 
66.210 
66.251 
68.225 
Acromion to Elbow . 
13.605 
- 
13.171 
13.712 
13.302 
13.856 
13.757 
Elbow to Finger-tip . 
15.548 
- 
15.367 
15.309 
16.103 
16.415 
17.035 
Dist. betw. Acromia 
12.731 
16.359" 
12.879 
13.085 
14.089 
14.742 
12.830 
Ratio of parts of Arm 
1.143 
- 
1.167 
1.116 
1.211 
1.185 
1.238 
" " Leg 
1.494 
- 
1.436 
1.521 
1.476 
1.522 
1.485 
Med. line to Finger-tip 
35.042 
- 
33.848 
34.920 
35.808 
35.822 
37.198 
Acromion " " 
29.153 
29.200 6 
28.538 
29.021 
29.405 
30.271 
30.792 
Height to Perinaeum 
31.065 
31.286 
31.378 
31.892 
32.100 
32.010 
31.808 
Ratio of Leg to Arm 
1.066 
1.071 
1.100 
1.099 
1.092 
1.058 
1.033 
Height to Pubes . . 
- 
- 
33.269 
- 
34.302 
34.534 
- 
Finger-tip to Patella 
5.036 
- 
5.778 
6.473 
2.884 
4.125 
3.653 
Circumf. of Waist . 
31.467 
32.089 
30.457 
31.240 
30.296 
30.546 
34.593 
Circumf. of Hips 
36.930 
- 
34.942 
36.549 
35.569 
35.357 
38.962 
Circumf. of Chest . 
35.818 
35.353 c 
35.124 
35.313 
35.087 
34.966 
38.001 
Play of Chest. . . 
2.65 
- 
2.08 
3.07 
1.62 
1.57 
1.84 
Dist. between Nipples 
8.136 
- 
8.304 
8.071 
7.970 
7.891 
- 
Ratio to circum. Chest 
0.226 
- 
0.236 
0.229 
0.225 
0.227 
- 
Dist. between Eyes . 
2.492 
2.606 
2.473 
2.484 
2.714 
2.670 
2.716 
Breadth of Pelvis 
11.916 
13.153d 
11.625 
11.187 
10.952 
11.267 
12.889 
Length of Foot . . 
10.058 
- 
10.114 
9.957 
10.600 
10.439 
10.123 
Thickness of Foot . 
2.572 
- 
2.921 
2.786 
2.672 
2.770 
2.687 
Length of Heele . . 
0.48 
- 
0.49 
0.46 
0.82 
0.57 
0.48 
a Full breadth of shoulders. b Measured from arm-pit. 
c Not the half-sum of circumferences at inspiration and expiration, as the others are. 
d Probably the breadth of hips. See page 262. 
e These values are obtained by adding 0.3 to the difference between the dimensious 36a 
and 366. See page 274.