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‘According to this passage, the cubit is the measure of distance from the end of the forearm (? elbow) to the tip of the ring-finger, the little finger or the middle finger ; and this cubit may be determined in accordance with the measure of the arm of the master of the house, his eldest wife, his eldest son, or of the architect who is employed to build the house.’