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This derivation of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, depicts nine historical units of measurement: the Yard, the Span, the Cubit, the Flemish Ell, the English Ell, the French Ell, the Fathom, the Hand , and the Foot. The Vitruvian man was drawn to scale, so the units depicted are displayed with their proper historical ratios. | | Vitruvian Man | Leonardo da Vinci | Span | Cubit | Ell | Fathom | Hand | Foot | Yard (disambiguation) | unit | length | English units | Imperial units | United States customary units | metre | American | Canadian | football | metric system | area | square yard | concrete mixers | cubic yard | milliard | SI units | m | mm | US customary | Imperial units | ft | in | fathom | feet | inches | metre | fathom | Etalons on the wall of Royal Observatory Greenwich, London, Great Britain depicting length measures - 1 yard (3 feet), 2 feet, 1 foot, 6 inches (1/2 foot), and 1 inch. | | Etalons | Royal Observatory Greenwich | London, Great Britain | measure | cubit | girth | Henry I of England | milliard | 1,000,000,000 | 2008 | 06-09 | anthropic units | English unit | Imperial unit | Guz | United States customary units | Vara | Categories | Units of length | Imperial units | Customary units in the United States | Human-based units of measure |
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