Convert barleycorn to cubit (English)
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Definition and details for barleycorn:
Barleycorn is an old English unit of distance equal to 1/3 inch or about 8.47 millimeters. In farming societies was very common to use seeds as units of length. Barley was a basic crop in England. So barleycorn was a useful unit.
Definition and details for cubit (English):
Cubit is a historic unit of length used as a standard of measurement. This unit is defined as the length of a man's forearm from his elbow to the tip of his middle finger. Usually it was equal to 24 digits. One digit in English system is 3/4 of an inch, that makes a cubit 18 inches or 45.72 cm long.