Bertillon

[ bur-tl-on; French ber-tee-yawn ]

noun

1. Al·phonse [al, -fons, -fonz, a, l-, fawns], 1853–1914, French criminologist and anthropologist: devised the Bertillon system.

Example Sentences

The body was taken out of the ice and measured according to the Bertillon method.

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The orders of the Bertillon clerk are given perfunctorily, with the air of one who is greatly bored by the whole performance.

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Ordinary methods, even the Bertillon system, were fruitless and finally the finger-print scheme was tried.

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It mattered not that Bertillon had never appeared in a handwriting case before, or that his skill in this line was unknown.

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The Bertillon system of measurements is used by the service, as well as a plain indexed card system.

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