[78-L] What's a cubit?

Don Cox doncox at enterprise.net
Mon Sep 30 01:23:24 PDT 2013


On 29/09/2013, Dave Burnham wrote:

> Roughly 20 inches. (It wasn't a precise measurement.)
> 
Length of your forearm (elbow to fingertip).

It's a pity that modern units of length no longer relate to the human
body. The foot is a good unit to use when designing a staircase, for
instance.

Even in Cuba.

Regards
-- 
Don Cox
doncox at enterprise.net



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