Waddell L. Austine: Lhasa and its Mysteries

Name: Waddell L. Austine: Lhasa and its Mysteries
Brand: Blackwell's
Price: 83.0 CHF
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Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) served in the Indian Medical Service, which took him to Darjeeling, Burma and Tibet. Illustrated with photographs, maps and drawings, this 1905 publication presents his eyewitness account of the recent British expedition to Tibet. Later chapters vividly portray the city of Lhasa and its inhabitants.

A successful officer in the colonial Indian Medical Service, Glasgow-educated Laurence Austine Waddell (1854-1938) was fascinated by the landscapes and cultures of Darjeeling and Tibet, studied local languages, and spent his leisure time researching and writing on Tibetan topics. His earlier books The Buddhism of Tibet (1895) and Among the Himalayas (1899) are also reissued in the Cambridge Library Collection. Waddell had attempted to enter Lhasa (then closed to foreigners) in disguise in 1892, but did not succeed until he accompanied the controversial British expedition to Tibet in 1903-4; he describes his arrival there as 'the realization of a vivid and long-cherished dream'. His eyewitness account of how the 'peaceful mission' became an 'invasion' occupies the first half of this 1905 publication. The later chapters vividly portray the city and its inhabitants. The book includes more than a hundred of Waddell's own photographs, as well as maps and line drawings.

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age	Wrist circumference
Newborn	9 - 12 cm
6 months - 3 years	12 - 14 cm
4 - 10 years	14 - 15 cm
Teenager, ladies (XS)	15 - 16 cm
Ladies (M)	16 - 17 cm
Ladies (XL)	18 - 19 cm
Men (M)	18 - 20 cm
Men (XL)	21 - 22 cm

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EU / CH	US size	UK size	Inner diameter (mm)	Inner circumference (mm)
48	4.5	I	15.3	48.0
49	5	J	15.6	49.0
50	5.5	J½	15.9	50.0
51	6	K	16.2	51.0
52	6.5	L	16.6	52.0
53	7	M	16.9	53.0
54	7.5	N	17.2	54.0
55	8	O	17.5	55.0
56	8.5	P	17.8	56.0
57	9	P½	18.2	57.0
58	9.5	Q	18.5	58.0
59	10	R	18.9	59.0
60	10.5	S	19.2	60.0
61	11	S½	19.6	61.0
62	11.5	T	19.8	62.0
63	12	U	20.3	63.0
64	12.5	V	20.6	64.0
65	13	W	20.9	65.0
66	13.5	X	21.3	66.0
67	14	Y	21.6	67.0
68	14.5	Z	21.8	68.0
69	15	Z+1	22.1	69.0
70	15.5	Z+2	22.5	70.0

Size categories:

Women:

Very small: 48-50 (children/very petite)
Small: 51-53 (petite hands)
Standard: 54-56 ← most common sizes
Large: 57-59 (strong hands)
Very large: 60-62

Men:

Small: 57-59 (narrow hands)
Standard: 60-63 ← most common sizes
Large: 64-66 (strong hands)
Very large: 67-70 (very strong hands)

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Place it on a ruler and measure the inside diameter (from one inner edge to the other).
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Wrap it around the part of the finger where you want the ring to sit (not too tight).
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Find the right size in the table.

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Measure the finger size in the evening, as fingers swell slightly during the day.
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