Komlos, John - In: Histoire, économie & société 14 (1995) 3, pp. 463-477
[eng] Abstract This article is based upon the analysis of the fides of 13 195 young men, who were students at the Ecole Polytechnique in Paris, from its foundation in 1794 up to 1887 ; it is an anthropométrie study of their height.variables which have been taken into account include the...