Árbók Háskóla Íslands - 02.01.1925, Page 252

The age of those measured is shown in pp, 56—57.
Wlien it is taken into consideration where those who were
not students or graduates of the University were born and
brought up, their original calling was as follows:
Graduates and students ...... 19,7%
Townsmen .................. 7,3—
Seamen ................... 31,7—•
Farmers .................. 41,3—■
T,he measurements w'ere taken according to the rules of R.
Martin in Lehrbuch der Anlhropologie, Jena 1914. In calculat-
ing llie indexes, use was made of Carl M. Fúrst: Indextabellen,
Jena 1902, and Logacalculator, in determining the colour of
the eyes, Marlin: Augenfarbentabelle, and the colour of the
liair, E. Fischer: Haartabellen. Karl Pearson’s Tables for Stat-
isticians w'ere used, in some cases, for making calculations.
Besides noting the colour of the eyes and liair and skin, 35
measurements were taken of every person who was complclely
measured. All the chief measuring points were marked with
a dermograph, before the measurement was taken. A decimal
balance was used for weighing; it wás checked from time to
tirne, but not daily. Observations were made of tbe features
ánd looks of individuals etc.
Though it is not absolutely certain that the individuals mea-
sured represent the average of the whole country, the proba-
bility is, that they approximate it closely.
In my researclies I had two ends in view: to get a tolerable
provisional survey of the main antliropological characteristics
of the Icelanders which could serve as guiding points for a
thorough investigation, and, secondly, to make it possible to
compare Icelanders and Norwegians. Some of our liistorians
maintain that the immigration from Ireland and Scotland was
so strong and powerful, that tlie Icelanders are preponderating-
ly a Celtic, not a Scandinavian race. They have attempted to
explain some peculiarities of the Icelanders in this way, e. g.
their literature, politics, and character.
In comparing Norwegians and Icelanders I liave made use
of the researches of Halfdan Bryn, in tlie Trondhjem
district, especially his Anthropologia Nidarosiensis, Kristiania
1920.
All my average numbers are given in the tables on p. 232.
Also the corresponding ones of Halfdan Bryn and the Swedish
average numbers, from Retzius and Furst: Anthropologia