Chapter XVIII: Appendix: V
_Taken from Maclaren's "Physical Education." Showing effect of four
months and twelve days' exercise, under his system, on fifteen youths
ranging from 16 to 19 years of age._
RETURN OF COURSE OF GYMNASTIC TRAINING AT THE ROYAL MILITARY ACADEMY,
WOOLWICH, FROM FEB. 10TH, 1863, TO JUNE 22D, 1863.
+---+----------------------------------------------------+
| | MEASUREMENTS, ETC. |
+---+------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+
|No.| Age. | Height. | Weight. |Chest. |Forearm.| Upper |
| | | | | | | arm. |
+---+------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+
| | Yrs. | Ft. In. |St. Lbs. | In. | In. | In. |
| | | | | | | |
|1 | 18 | 5 1-1/4 | 7 8 | 29-1/2 | 9-1/2 | 8-3/4 |
| | | 5 2-1/4 | 7 8 | 30 | 9-1/2 | 9-1/2 |
|2 | 19 | 5 8-1/2 | 9 5-1/2 | 28 | 11 | 10-1/4|
| | | 5 8-3/4 | 9 11 | 31-1/2 | 11 | 11-3/8|
|3 | 17 | 5 5-3/4 | 9 1 | 26-1/2 | | 8-1/2 |
| | | 5 6-1/8 | 9 1 | 29-1/2 | 10-3/8 | 10 |
|4 | 18 | 5 8-1/4 | 10 0 | 33 | 10-3/4 | 10-1/4|
| | | 5 8-1/2 | 10 3 | 35 | 10-3/4 | 11-1/2|
|5 | 18 | 6 0-1/2 | 10 13 | 32 | 10-1/2 | 9-1/4 |
| | | 6 1-1/4 | 11 2 | 34 | 10-1/2 | 10-7/8|
|6 | 17 | 5 3-1/2 | 8 1 | 31 | 10-1/8 | 9-7/8 |
| | | 5 4-1/2 | 8 7 | 33 | 10-1/8 | 11 |
|7 | 18 | 5 5-1/4 | 7 13 | 26 | 9-1/4 | 7-7/8 |
| | | 5 5-3/4 | 8 2 | 29 | 9-1/2 | 9-1/2 |
|8 | 16 | 5 6-3/4 | 8 3 | 28-1/2 | 9 | 8-1/2 |
| | | 5 7-1/4 | 8 4 | 31 | 9-1/8 | 9-1/2 |
|9 | 17 | 5 8-3/8 | 11 3 | 31 | 11-1/4 | 10-1/4|
| | | 5 9-1/8 | 11 3 | 33 | 11-1/4 | 11-1/8|
|10 | 18 | 5 11-3/8| 11 8 | 30 | 10-1/4 | 10-1/2|
| | | 5 11-3/8| 11 8 | 33 | 10-3/4 | 11 |
|11 | 19 | 5 7-3/4 | 10 2 | 33 | 10-1/2 | 10-1/4|
| | | 5 8-5/8 | 10 2 | 34-1/2 | 10-1/2 | 10-7/8|
|12 | 18 | 5 10-1/2| 10 11 | 32 | 10-1/2 | 10 |
| | | 5 11-7/8| 10 11 | 33-1/2 | 10-1/2 | 11 |
|13 | 19 | 5 7-7/8 | 11 13 | 33 | 11-1/2 | 12 |
| | | 5 9-5/8 | 11 13 | 35-1/2 | 11-1/2 | 12-1/2|
|14 | 17 | 5 6-3/4 | 9 13 | 29 | 10-5/8 | 8-1/4 |
| | | 5 7-5/8 | 10 3 | 32 | 10-5/8 | 9-1/2 |
|15 | 19 | 5 10-1/8| 10 1 | 27-1/2 | 10-5/8 | 9-3/8 |
| | | 5 11-7/8| 10 9 | 32-3/4 | 10-5/8 | 10-7/8|
+---+------+---------+---------+--------+--------+-------+
+---+---------------------------------------+
| | INCREASE. |
+---+-------+-------+------+--------+-------+
|No.|Height.|Weight.|Chest.|Forearm.| Upper |
| | | | | | arm. |
+---+-------+-------+------+--------+-------+
| | In. | Lbs. | In. | In. | In. |
| | | | | | |
|1 | 1 | " | 1/2 | " | 3/4 |
|2 | 1/4 | 5-1/2 | 3-1/2| " | 1-1/8 |
|3 | 3/8 | " | 3 | " | 1-1/2 |
|4 | 1/4 | 3 | 2 | " | 1-1/4 |
|5 | 3/4 | 3 | 2 | " | 1-5/8 |
|6 | 1 | 6 | 2 | " | 1-1/8 |
|7 | 1/2 | 3 | 3 | 1/4 | 1-5/8 |
|8 | 1/2 | 1 | 2-1/2| 1/8 | 1 |
|9 | 3/4 | " | 2 | " | 7/8 |
|10 | " | " | 3 | 1/2 | 1/2 |
|11 | 7/8 | " | 1-1/2| " | 5/8 |
|12 | 1-3/8 | " | 1-1/2| " | 1 |
|13 | 1-3/4 | " | 2-1/2| " | 1/2 |
|14 | 7/8 | 4 | 3 | " | 1/4 |
|15 | 1-3/4 | 8 | 5-1/4| " | 1-1/2 |
+---+-------+-------+------+--------+-------+
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