Sliding compass, for criminal identification system, Paris, France, 1870-1910

Large sliding compass (grand compass a glissiere) for the measurement of the foot, the middle and little finger and the elbow in Bertillon's anthropometrical criminal identification system, perhaps Bertillon's own, from the Identification Bureau of the Paris Prefecture of Police, c. 1883

Collection

Science Museum

Inventory Number

3082100

Title

Sliding compass, for criminal identification system, Paris, France, 1870-1910

Object Type

PhysicalObject

Measurements

- overall: 160 mm x 680 mm x 15 mm, .84kg