Michael

I must have heard the story wrong.

Ed Minch





On Apr 17, 2014, at 5:23 PM, Michael Blair  wrote:

>> In America, this is a very important length.  It was the distance
>> between Benjamin Franklin’s wrist and his elbow,
> 
> This is utter nonsense.  16 inches from elbow to wrist?  I'm taller
> than Ben, and that measurement on me is 11 inches.  At 16 inches,
> his knuckles would have been dragging on the ground.
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