ROMAN MEASURES OF LENGTH.

+----------------------------------------------+-------+---------+

| I. SMALLER MEASURES. | Feet. | Inches. |

+----------------------------------------------+-------+---------+

| Digitus | ” | ·7281 |

+----+ | | |

| 1⅓ | UNCIA or Pollex | ” | ·9708 |

+----+----+ | | |

| 4 | 3 | Palmus | ” | 2·9124 |

+----+----+---+ | | |

| 12 | 9 | 3 | Palmus Major (of late times) | ” | 8·7372 |

+----+----+---+----+ | | |

| 16 | 12 | 4 | 1⅓ | PES | ” | 11·6496 |

+----+----+---+----+----+ | | |

| 20 | 15 | 5 | 1⅔ | 1¼ | Palmipes | 1 | 2·562 |

+----+----+---+----+----+----+ | | |

| 24 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1½ | 1⅕ | CUBITUS | 1 | 5·4744 |

+----+----+---+----+----+----+-----------------+-------+---------+

N.B.--_Approximate Values._ The Roman _Uncia_, _Pes_, and _Cubitus_

only fall short of our _Inch_, _Foot_, and _Foot and a half_, by less

than 1-10th, 4-10ths, and 6-10ths of an inch respectively.

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