Span (unit)
Span , the span , was an English measure of length and belonged to the Imperial standard measures.
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Anglo-American units of length: 1 yard = 2 cubit = 4 span and 5 span = 1 ell
- 1 span = 9 inches ( inch ) = 101.35 Paris lines = 228.6 mm
- 1 span = 3 palms = 2 ¼ hand
- 4 span = 1 yard
- 1 span = ¾ Foot ( feet )
literature
- Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Verlag Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg / Leipzig 1830, p. 322.