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minus-squareBeardedGingerWonder@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·29 days agoHow do you measure things in feet? Everyone’s feet are different sizes, that doesn’t seem like a reproducible way to make anything.
minus-squaretwopi@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·29 days agoEasy, since Henry the VIII the foot was defined as 12 in. What’s an inch you ask? Well an inch is 3 barleycorns placed side by side. Which 3 barleycorns? That doesn’t matter it’s close enough.
How do you measure things in feet? Everyone’s feet are different sizes, that doesn’t seem like a reproducible way to make anything.
Easy, since Henry the VIII the foot was defined as 12 in. What’s an inch you ask? Well an inch is 3 barleycorns placed side by side. Which 3 barleycorns? That doesn’t matter it’s close enough.