Convert palm (U.S.) to cubit (Sumerian)
Selected category: length.
Definition and details for palm (U.S.):
Palm (U.S.) is a traditional unit of length equal to the length of a person's hand, from wrist to the end of the middle finger. This kind of palm definition was common in the U.S. during 19th century. One palm was equal to 9 inches or 22.86cm and it was comparable to span.
Definition and details for cubit (Sumerian):
A copper bar, which is believed that it was the Sumerian Nippur cubit, found by the German Assyriologist Eckhard Unger during the WWI in 1916 at Nippur. This cubit is 518.616 mm with an assumed error of 1%.