10 responses to body parts as tools of measurement chris on january 21 2009 136 am. Yes your body and its various parts can serve as a quick length estimator.
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What is the problem with using parts of the body as a unit of measurement. When you need an approximate idea of length you have a handy dandy ruler always nearby. What an interesting post. Another measurement that i use is an inch made by bending my ring finger into a tabletop shape. Feet are not equal 2. Many have similar size for example hand and palm so you can just choose ones you prefer perhaps ones with numbers easier to remember. How does si address the problem of using body parts as a unit of measurement.
The width of your palm is about 4 inches. What is the problem with using parts of the body as a unit of measurement. What is the advantage of metric units. Various lengths have been derived from body dimensions hands feet spans cubits and the like. These units are thus considered to be human scale and anthropocentric. Many body distances can be used as measures but you dont need all of them.
So my palms quickly gave a nice measurement. My hoo hoo dilly is bigger than yours and we dont have a standard hoo hoo dilly size. This is a list of units of measure based on human body parts or the attributes or abilities of humans. What is the problem with using parts of the body as a unit of measurement. Standard units ensure consistent equal measuring 3. The digit was the smallest basic unit being the breadth of a finger.
Very easily by not using them. Related to the last point the french word for inch is pouce which also. Many real life math problems dont require exact solutions or precise calculations. The si units system simply uses the meter and units derived from that kilometer nanometer etc. Although we might think there is an inescapable logic in dividing it in a systematic manner this ignores the way that measuring grew up with people measuring shorter lengths using other parts of the human body. Devin johnston on january 21 2009 259 am.
Why were customary or standard units established. Calibrating yourself a first step is to choose your measures and measure your choices. Women dont have hoo hoo dillies so they cant measure things using one. The sizes of different peopleõs body parts ie. It does not include derived units further unless they are also themselves human based.
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