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| June 05, 2010 02:12AM |
Hi Don,
I have an old dictionary and it has this to say about the inch.
It was also formerly divided into 12 parts called lines, and originally into 3 parts called Barleycorns. It’s length having been declared by a statute apparently of 17 Edw. II, given in the Cottonian Manuscripts
( Claudius D2 ) to be that of 3 grains of barley dry and round placed end to end lengthwise.
So maybe the inch and AE measure have something in common, nature.
Just a guess!
RLH
I have an old dictionary and it has this to say about the inch.
It was also formerly divided into 12 parts called lines, and originally into 3 parts called Barleycorns. It’s length having been declared by a statute apparently of 17 Edw. II, given in the Cottonian Manuscripts
( Claudius D2 ) to be that of 3 grains of barley dry and round placed end to end lengthwise.
So maybe the inch and AE measure have something in common, nature.
Just a guess!
RLH
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Don Barone | June 04, 2010 06:45PM |
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Don Barone | June 04, 2010 07:25PM |
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Sirfiroth | June 04, 2010 08:55PM |
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RLH | June 05, 2010 02:12AM |
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