------------------------------------------------+------------------ NAME | =REMARKS.= ------------------------------------------------| Year of Birth Complexion | ------------------------------------------------| Hair Eyes | ------------------------------------------------| Height ft. in. | ------------------------------------------------| L { | a { *Sentenced at | s {---------------------------------------------| t { | { " on | C {---------------------------------------------| o { | n { " to | v {---------------------------------------------| i { | c { " *for | t {---------------------------------------------| i { | o {* Give offence in full, and if remanded only,| n {substitute “Remanded” for “Sentenced.” | ------------------------------------------------| | | | It may be necessary to test the concurrence of curved lines in two exhibits similarly enlarged. At one time I used strips of plumber’s lead, placed edgeways on the curved lines to be compared. They could be flexed so as to show the various sinuosities, however complex, but leaden tapes cannot readily be made to retain the form imparted to them. Copper wire I found to be stiffer, but it readily warps off the plane. An excellent way is to draw on transparent paper a line corresponding to the curved line seen underneath. The transparency is then transferred and adjusted to the other enlargement, the curves of which should be seen to be congruent. The instrument called “flexible curves” which is used by engineers and mechanical draughtsmen I at last tried, and found it to be exceedingly serviceable for such comparisons. The pattern “=B=,” self-clamping, 12-inch size, is for most cases the most suitable. Other patterns are made also, in sizes of 9 and 18 inches. The “=B=” pattern has a flexible steel strip, like the lead tape just mentioned. After the curve or series of sinuosities has been adjusted correctly, the shape is rigidly retained by means of a stiff-hinged link-work arrangement attached by tabs. The strip of steel should not be pressed down between two tabs, and when bending or straightening out the instrument one should do so bit by bit, beginning at one end and continuing onwards from there. This useful self-clamping instrument used to be supplied by Mr. Wm. Brooks,