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Find the ¼ inch mark the ¾ inch mark the 1 ¼ inch mark the 1 ¾ inch mark the 2 ¼ inch mark the 2 ¾ inch mark and the 3 ¼ inch mark on the bottom three rulers above. The exact length varied according to whose arm was being used and could be from 18 to 22 inches. Your forearm from elbow to fingertip. Long before the thumb would be used to measure almost everything. Its about finger width nail historically also names some longer units 15 cm 58 in. From nose to finger tip.

Using your body to estimate length your hand. Example carpenters use their thumb to measure small insignificant measurements. English possesses several measurement words that derive from body parts. Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust wrap. An average foot is about 12 inches long. Originally a size 8 in 1958 it is now known as a size 0 due to vanity sizing.

Zero figure is often associated with anorexia. Thumb width mesouret at the rut of the nayll 25 cm 1 in. Use the middle segment of your pointer finger to measure smaller objects which you would normally measure in. Measure the circumference of your chest. Quinaria the cross sectional area of a pipe created from a flat sheet of lead 5 digits wide stremma the amount of land a person can plow in a day. Cubit from latin cubitum the elbow a cubit was a measurement based on the forearm from elbow to fingertip.

For an average adult male at least average as of a couple of millennia ago a cubit works out to about 18 inches 457cm. Cubits were a standard unit of length in sumeria egypt and other parts of the middle east long before anyone dreamed of an arbitrary decimal based measuring system. 18 inch point the 58 inch point the 78 inch point the 1 58 inch point and the 2 38 inch point. How to measure things using your own body as a ruler step 1. On the ruler that measures in 8th parts of an inch find and label tick marks for these points. Measure the circumference of your waist.

The width of your palm is about 4 inches 10 centimeters. Finger width digitus 2 cm 34 in nail width of thumbs nail. The distance between your nose. Your forearm is about 15 feet 46 centimeters. Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below. My personal calibration yours will differ.

Fingertip to middle of second joint. It is a size that fits measurement of bustwaisthips anywhere between 30 22 32 inches 76 56 81 cm to 36 28 36 inches 90 715 90 cm depending on the style and make. Span your arms across longer objects and count how many times you can span the object with your arms. Measurement of objects using body parts the handful the thumb measures 1 inch which is now the basis of measurement. Use the tape to circle.