06-03-2013, 07:25 AM
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#23795
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Mopsie
... thumb ...
(Cubit = arm length ... inch = thumb length)
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An inch is not a thumb length but a man's thumb width. In latter years the accepted measure is from the first thumb knuckle to the tip. It's only an estimate of course  ...just as a cubit is from the fingertips to the elbow, not an arm length 
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