Jengkal: Perbedaan antara revisi

'''Jengkal''' ({{lang-en|span}}) adalah satuan panjang yang didasarkan pada ukuran [[tangan]] [[manusia]] dari ujung [[ibu jari]] sampai ujung [[jari kelingking]] pada saat direntangkan sejauh mungkin. Pada zaman dahulu, satu jengkal dianggap sebagai "setengah [[hasta]]". KadangkalaKadang kala dibedakan antara '''jengkal besar''' ({{lang-en|great span}}; yaitu dari [[ibu jari]] ke [[jari kelingking]]) dengan '''jengkal kecil''' ({{lang-en|little span}}; yaitu dari [[jari telunjuk]] ke [[jari kelingking]]).<ref name="Seaver1895">{{cite book|author=Edwin Pliny Seaver|title=New Franklin arithmetic: Second book|url=https://archive.org/details/newfranklinarit00seavgoog|url[[=http://books.google.com/books?id=HEMkwNTqmVAC&pg=PA384|accessdate=27 January 2012|year=1895|publisher=Butler, Sheldon & co.|page=[https://archive.org/details/newfranklinarit00seavgoog/page/n391 384]}}</ref><ref name="O'Sullivan1872">{{cite book|author=Daniel O'Sullivan|title=The principles of arithmetic|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=N1YDAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA69|accessdate=27 January 2012|year=1872|publisher=Thom|page=69}}</ref>

; 1 ''span'' := 9 [[inci]]<ref name="Steen1846">{{cite book|author=Isaiah Steen|title=A treatise on mental arithmetic, in theory and practice|url=http://books.google.com/books?id=wDAEAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA9|accessdate=27 January 2012|year=1846|page=9}}</ref>

; 1 ''palmo de craveira'' := 8 ''polegadas'' (bahasa Portugis untuk [[inci]])<ref name="Monteverde1861">{{cite book|author=Emilio Achilles Monteverde|title=Manual Encyclopedico para Uzo das Escolas de Instrucção Primaria|year=1861|publisher=Imprensa Nacional, Lisboa|page=}}</ref>

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