Fist (unit)
A fist or fist's breadth denotes a measure of length that is based on the width of the clenched fist . It is roughly the width of a hand (the fist is slightly wider than the palm of the open hand). The manageable length corresponds to about 10 cm.
Horse measure
The fist was an old Austrian measure of length and was used to measure the size of a horse . In the Hungarian Pest , the kuk measure is also called Moroccan and is divided equally. The measure is also called horse measure after its use .
- 1 fist = 4 Viennese inches = 16 lines ≈ 10.537 centimeters (1 Viennese inch = 2.634 cm).
The English hands (or "hands high") corresponds to the measure .
The fist as an angle measure
The clenched fist is also a useful measure for estimating angles . With the arm outstretched, the finger bones mark about 3, 5 and 8 °.
- See also: Thumb jump - but here the width of the curved fingers is used (fist seen along the arm)
Further use
The “fist length” is known from some Islamic schools as the shortest length to which the beard can be trimmed.
See also
Individual evidence
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard Noback : Complete paperback of coin, measure and weight ratios ..., Volume 1. FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 888.
- ^ Karl Rumler: Overview of the measures, weights and currencies of the most excellent states .... Verlag Jasper, Hügel u. Manz, Vienna 1849, p. 13
- ↑ Gustav Adolph Jahn: Dictionary of applied mathematics: a handbook for use, Volume 2. Reichenbach'sche Buchhandlung, Leipzig 1855, p. 133
- ^ Oswald Thomas in Himmel und Weltall , Paul Neff Verlag, Vienna-Stuttgart 1953.
- ↑ The moon as a star and planet pointer. kuffner-sternwarte.at.
- ↑ cf. What about wearing a beard in Islam? askandenislam.com - the word "fist length" is reproduced there as "tuft"