Excerpt from Science Progress, Vol. 7
In 1883 the Anthropometric Committee of the British Association published their final report. The committee was appointed for the purpose of collecting observations on the systematic examination of the height, weight, span, chest girth, breathing capacity, strength, colour-blindness.
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