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An ell is a northwestern European unit of measurement, originally understood as a cubit. The word literally means "arm", and survives in the modern English word elbow. Later usage through the 19th cen
The ell was originally a cubit, later replaced by the cloth-ell or "double ell".
Historic standard units of the city of Regensburg: from left to right, a fathom (Klafter), foot (Schuch) and ell (Öln)
Prussian ell
The Dunkeld ell explained on an information board outside The Ell Shop
Fathom
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A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet, used especially for measuring the depth of water. The fathom is neither an international standard unit, nor an
Ell
…Conversions (imperial) 1 imp unit in ... ... is equal to ... inch 17.7 Metre 0.45 Historic standard units of the city of Regensburg: from left to right, a fathom (Klafter), foot (Schuch) and ell (Öln) Prussian ell An ell (from Proto-Germanic *alinō, cognate with Latin ulna) is a northwestern European unit of…
Macclesfield Bank 1920 nautical chart