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To: aruanan
That was 15 cubits above the highest landforms, not a mean depth.

Riiiight! What's a cubit?

34 posted on 12/10/2008 11:36:12 AM PST by dfwgator (I hate Illinois Marxists)
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To: dfwgator
Riiiight! What's a cubit?

cubit

a historic unit of distance frequently mentioned in the Bible. The word comes from the Latin cubitum, "elbow," because the unit represents the length of a man's forearm from his elbow to the tip of his outstretched middle finger. This distance tends to be about 18 inches or roughly 45 centimeters. In ancient times, the cubit was usually defined to equal 24 digits or 6 palms. The Egyptian royal or "long" cubit, however, was equal to 28 digits or 7 palms. In the English system, the digit is conventionally identified as 3/4 inch; this makes the ordinary cubit exactly 18 inches (45.72 centimeters). The Roman cubit was shorter, about 44.4 centimeters (17.5 inches). The ordinary Egyptian cubit was just under 45 centimeters, and most authorities estimate the royal cubit at about 52.35 centimeters (20.61 inches).
35 posted on 12/10/2008 11:39:45 AM PST by aruanan
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To: dfwgator

Don’t worry, some of us got it.

“Noah, How long can you tread water?”


44 posted on 12/10/2008 1:48:39 PM PST by ParadigmLost (Ayn Rand was right. - Atlas is going to shrug.)
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