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An Inch was...

An inch was originally measured as the width of a man's thumb.

It has since been divided into various other increments, such as 25,400 microns, 4,000 silversmith's points, 1,000 mils, 72.27 points, 48 hair's-breaths, 23.24635 agates, 12 lines and 3 barley corns.

 

 

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