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Norton's Crania Americana.
FROM A TUMFI/US TNT TH E GALLEY OE RIMAC.
of JotnvCoUuiKN*79 jSontvrwa stJ>wuaii.
by my friend Dr. Henry S. Rennolds, of the U. S. Navy, who politely transferred
them to me. The cranium now figured has been much compressed by art, so
that the forehead, from the superciliary ridge to the crown of the head, presents a
very inclined plane. The bones are large and ponderous throughout.
MEASUREMENTS.
Longitudinal diameter, .
Parietal diameter, .
Frontal diameter, .
Vertical diameter, .
Inter-mastoid arch, . . .
Inter-mastoid line, .
Occipito-frontal arch,
Horizontal periphery,
Internal capacity, .
Capacity of the anterior chamber,
Capacity of the posterior chamber,
Capacity of the coronal region,
Facial angle, . . . .
6.9 inches.
5.6 inches.
4.4 inches.
5.1 inches.
15.3 inches.
4.3 inches.
14. inches.
19.7 inches.
79. cubic inches.
29.5 cubic inches.
49.5 cubic inches.
14.1 cubic inches.
72 degrees.
PLATE LVIII.
SKULL PROM A TUMULUS IN THE VALLEY OF RIMAC, IN PERU,
A cranium found with the preceding, also presented to me by Dr. H. S.