The Independence Public Library's Interesting Nuggets of Exploration: Fingerprints
On this day 157 years ago, Sir William James Herschel used fingerprinting as a form of identification for the very first time. It would be a few more years before fingerprinting would be used as a forensic measure to discover the perpetrator of a crime, but on July 28th, 1858 Herschel used a full palm print to identify contract signers. Further study by Herschel and others eventually proved that fingerprints were not only permanent throughout a person's life time, but also unique to each person. Even identical twins each have their own unique set of fingerprints.
Celebrate this scientific discovery at the IPL by exploring the many materials available for checkout, and searching EBSCOhost. You can get the login information to use EBSCOhost at home from the library.
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