TY - BOOK ID - 85467243 TI - Dactylography AU - Faulds, Henry AU - Herschel, William James AU - Herschel, William James. PY - 2015 SN - 1316146529 1108081258 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Fingerprints KW - History. KW - Dactylography KW - Dactyloscopy KW - Finger marks KW - Finger-printing KW - Finger prints KW - Fingerprinting KW - Anthropometry KW - Dermatoglyphics UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:85467243 AB - The Scottish doctor Henry Faulds (1843-1930) and the English judge Sir William James Herschel (1833-1917) both recognised the potential of fingerprints as a means of identification. While working in Japan, Faulds had developed his methods after noticing impressions on ancient pottery. Herschel, during his service as a magistrate in India, had introduced a system of using fingerprints as a way of preventing fraud. In the course of a lengthy controversy, Faulds sought to be acknowledged for the significance of his discoveries. Although there is no doubt that Faulds was first to publish on the subject, it was Herschel's work, begun in the 1850s, which was later developed by Galton and Henry as the tool of forensic science we know today. Reissued here together, these two works, first published in 1912 and 1916 respectively, are Faulds' overview of the subject and Herschel's account of his work in India. ER -