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Azndude | 01:07 Fri 26th Aug 2005 | Science
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The smallest unit of length was the finger. How many inches was a finger?
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It wasn't actually the whole finger... from one knuckle to the middle knuckle on a mans index finger was one inch.  A span... one hand width was four inches.  From the tip of the nose to the end of the index finger of the out stretched arm was one yard...
01:40 Fri 26th Aug 2005
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I think the first definition of the inch dated from sometime in the fouteenth centuary as the length of three grains of barley.

No wonder the metric system took hold!

08:37 Fri 26th Aug 2005

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