Saturday, October 13, 2012

Galton - Selected Works on Heredity


  Here is a list of selected works by Galton on the normal distribution and the heredity of physical traits along with their dates. They can be found at galton.org. Galton also made use of the error ellipse which is discussed in more detail in the appendices.

Typical Laws of Heredity (Feb 9, 1877)
Proceedings Royal Institution of Great Britain Volume 8

Regression towards mediocracy in hereditary stature p. 246 (June 9, 1885)
  mentions J. Hamilton Dickson p. 255 (with figures)
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain Volume 15

President's Address (1885)
Reports of the Meetings of the British Association for the Advancement of Science Volume 55

Family Likeness of Stature (January 21, 1886)
  appendix by J. D. Hamilton Dickson (with figures)
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Volume 40 p. 42

President's Address p. 489 (Annual General Meeting, January 26, 1886)
Journal of the Anthropological Institute of Great Britain Volume 15

Co-relations and their measurements (December 20, 1888)
Proceedings of the Royal Society of London Volume 45

Natural Inheritance 1894
  Appendix B, Problems by J. D. Hamilton Dickson
  reprinted from Proc. Royal Soc., No. 242, 1886, p. 63 (no figures)

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