Material related to Significance 2024 article on Victorian-era data-mining
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Berry Brothers and Rudd (BBR) loyalty program

1884 Article

The weights of British noblemen during the last three generations.
      Galton F. Nature, Jan 17, 1884. pp 266-268.

1884 Commentary

The weight of noblemen   New York Times, March 13, 1884.

1930 Commentary

Excerpt from Karl Pearson's Life, letters and labours of Francis Galton
Volume 3A. Appendix to Chapter XIV. p. 136-137.   1930.

2009 communications

From James Hanley to BBR   Reply from Simon Berry

Earlier versions of manuscript for Significance, containing additional material

2019 - cross-sectional and longitudinal data from five datasets spanning three centuries.

2021 - measurements in 1884 at the Anthropometric Laboratory, International Health Exhibition London; curves (cross-sectional) from Ruger, 1927, Elderton, 1928 -- and application to measuring weaving while driving after cannabis consumption.

Berry Bros. & Rudd

Wine & Weigh (2022 video)

History in the weighing - Berry Bros. & Rudd

About BBR   History   An Intro. to Berry Bros. & Rudd (older video)

Futher images of the balance-beam weighing scales

Article about the Widow Bourne

Berry Brothers & Rudd: Family, Reputation, and the Cultivation of the European Wine Trade

Excerpts from an older in-house publication, "Number Three"

Links to articles on notable BBR visitors (in "They came to Number Three")

The Wine Merchant as Weight Watcher

London's Nooks And Crannies: Berry Brothers & Rudd


Measuring the amount of weaving while driving

Effect of Cannabidiol and Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol on Driving Performance: A Randomized Clinical Trial.
Arkell TR, Vinckenbosch F, Kevin RC, Theunissen EL, McGregor IS, Ramaekers JG.
Journal of the American Medical Association. 2020;324(21):2177-2186. doi:10.1001/jama.2020.21218

Application of Galton's measure of irregularity to data from this trial
Data courtesy of Jan Ramaekers. Figure by JH,


April 15, 2024