Long before the thumb would be used to measure almost everything. Measure the circumference of your waist. From nose to finger tip. The width of your palm is about 4 inches 10 centimeters. Use the tape to circle. Place one end of the tape measure at the fullest part of your bust wrap.
Its about finger width nail historically also names some longer units 15 cm 58 in. Using your body to estimate length your hand. Thumb width mesouret at the rut of the nayll 25 cm 1 in. Zero figure is often associated with anorexia. English possesses several measurement words that derive from body parts. For an average adult male at least average as of a couple of millennia ago a cubit works out to about 18 inches 457cm.
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. My personal calibration yours will differ. Your forearm is about 15 feet 46 centimeters. Your forearm from elbow to fingertip. 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.
An average foot is about 12 inches long. The exact length varied according to whose arm was being used and could be from 18 to 22 inches. Originally a size 8 in 1958 it is now known as a size 0 due to vanity sizing. On the ruler that measures in 8th parts of an inch find and label tick marks for these points. 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. The distance between your nose.
Measure the circumference of your chest. Finger width digitus 2 cm 34 in nail width of thumbs nail. 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. Example carpenters use their thumb to measure small insignificant measurements. Cubit from latin cubitum the elbow a cubit was a measurement based on the forearm from elbow to fingertip. Measurement of objects using body parts the handful the thumb measures 1 inch which is now the basis of measurement.
Fingertip to middle of second joint. Use the middle segment of your pointer finger to measure smaller objects which you would normally measure in. Check out the easy to follow instructions for getting accurate measurements for each body part below. How to measure things using your own body as a ruler step 1. 18 inch point the 58 inch point the 78 inch point the 1 58 inch point and the 2 38 inch point.
Gallery of Measurement Using Body Parts Inches
