Span your arms across longer objects and count how many times you can span the object with your arms. 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. For an average adult male at least average as of a couple of millennia ago a cubit works out to about 18 inches 457cm. Example carpenters use their thumb to measure small insignificant measurements. Measure the circumference of your chest. Use the tape to circle.
Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust wrap. English possesses several measurement words that derive from body parts. Its about finger width nail historically also names some longer units 15 cm 58 in. Finger width digitus 2 cm 34 in nail width of thumbs nail. From nose to finger tip. Fingertip to middle of second joint.
Measure the circumference of your waist. Long before the thumb would be used to measure almost everything. An average foot is about 12 inches long. Cubit from latin cubitum the elbow a cubit was a measurement based on the forearm from elbow to fingertip. The width of your palm is about 4 inches 10 centimeters. Your forearm from elbow to fingertip.
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. The distance between your nose. Your forearm is about 15 feet 46 centimeters. 18 inch point the 58 inch point the 78 inch point the 1 58 inch point and the 2 38 inch point. Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below. 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.
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. Measurement of objects using body parts the handful the thumb measures 1 inch which is now the basis of measurement. The exact length varied according to whose arm was being used and could be from 18 to 22 inches. My personal calibration yours will differ.
Use the middle segment of your pointer finger to measure smaller objects which you would normally measure in. On the ruler that measures in 8th parts of an inch find and label tick marks for these points. Using your body to estimate length your hand. How to measure things using your own body as a ruler step 1. 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.