It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the middle fingers of the two hands when extended in a straight line.


Book VII, sec. 77. - Naturalis Historia

Pliny the Elder Quotes

It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the...

It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the...

It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the...

It has been observed that the height of a man from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot is equal to the distance between the tips of the...