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To: Brett66
Maybe we'll find out what gopherwood really is.

And exactally how log a cubit is.
10 posted on 04/26/2004 7:20:51 AM PDT by Only1choice____Freedom (Aesop never spoke about the persistent rabbit)
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
gopherwood

The animal kingdom version of gore, previously know as gooberwood.

14 posted on 04/26/2004 7:26:32 AM PDT by chance33_98 (Shall a living man complain? Oh how much fewer are my sufferings than my sins;)
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To: Only1choice____Freedom
And exactally how log a cubit is.

According to my "units" program, a "biblicalcubit" is 21.8 inches, and a "hebrewcubit" is 17.58 inches. That's a great deal of variance.

$ grep -i cubit /usr/share/units.dat
pied                    frenchfoot        #   Half of the hashimicubit,
irishcubit      18 irishinch
romancubit   18 romaninch    #   units.
egyptianroyalcubit      20.63 in    # plus or minus .2 in
egyptianpalm            1|7 egyptianroyalcubit
egyptianshortcubit      6 egyptianpalm
remendigit       1|40 doubleremen # side length of 1 royal egyptian cubit.
                                  # the royal cubit.
greekfeet               greekfoot     # Egyptian Royal cubit in [11].  It is
greekcubit              1.5 greekfoot # said to be 3|5 of a 20.75 in cubit.
homericcubit            20 greekfingers  # Elbow to end of knuckles.
shortgreekcubit         18 greekfingers  # Elbow to start of fingers.
olympiccubit            25 remendigit    # These olympic measures were not as
olympicfoot             2|3 olympiccubit # common as the other greek measures.
# "Northern" cubit and foot.  This was used by the pre-Aryan civilization in
northerncubit           26.6 in           # plus/minus .2 in
northernfoot            1|2 northerncubit
sumeriancubit           495 mm
kus                     sumeriancubit
sumerianfoot            2|3 sumeriancubit
assyriancubit           21.6 in
assyrianfoot            1|2 assyriancubit
persianroyalcubit       7 assyrianpalm
hashimicubit            25.56 in          # Standard of linear measure used
blackcubit              21.28 in
arabicfeet              1|2 blackcubit
arabicmile              4000 blackcubit
biblicalcubit           21.8 in
hebrewcubit             17.58 in

That didn't really format well, but it is interesting nonethelss.

28 posted on 04/26/2004 8:13:21 AM PDT by zeugma (The Great Experiment is over.)
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