Papers on anthropometry

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...those between 0.2000 and 0.3000 are between unable and well-conditioned. 3. Under ordinary circumstances the vital index necessary for ability to climb is in the neighborhood of 0.0474, but in combination with a high strength-weight index or a very energetic moral disposition some imperfect climbing may exist with even lower vital index, and has been observed in a case with as low a vital index as 0.0444. 4. Under ordinary circumstances the strength-weight index necessary for ability to climb is about 5.4; but, in combination with high vital index or a very energetic disposition, climbing may be possible with lower strength-weight index, and some imperfect climbing has been observed in a case with strength-weight index only 3.6. 5. Two vital strength-weight indices of equal number may have different values, as exponents of physical efficiency, depending upon whether they are composed of a vital index and a strength-weight index of corresponding heights or of a high and a low index. 6. So far as can be judged from observation of about 100 cases, the vital strength-weight indices of women which correspond to the highest efficiency of the most manifold adaptability in the gymnasium are those composed of a strengthweight index of 6.2 or more, and a vital index of 0.0550 to 0.0600 or somewhat above 0.0600. Those composed of a low strength-weight index and a vital index considerably higher than 0.0600 (0.0650 or more) are more difficult to estimate, and their number is comparatively small. As an illustration of the correlation between the growth of the vital strength-weight index and the growth of working capacity in the gymnasium the following table is offered. It will be understood without further explanation than to say that the marks are our subjective estima...