2006-07-09 08:16:32 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Pets ➔ Other - Pets
Tradition.
A person always had his hands with him & that was used before our current way of measuring was standardized.
2006-07-09 08:25:19 · answer #1 · answered by Celtic Tejas 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
because when we started colonizing and using horses more often, the standard of measurment was our bodies. we did not carry around rulers and yardsticks and measuring tape. after a while though, people started using different words like a yard for the armspan, etc etc. them metricd came along and everyone got confused, so we do measure in hands now, BUT i dont know anyone who actually measures their horse with hands, everyone takes measuring tape and then converts it to hands, which is 4 in= 1 hand.
can you imagine saying my horse is 5 feet tall!!
or my hosre is 60 Inches talll
it would be weird
2006-07-09 17:11:33 · answer #2 · answered by jazzmyn_girl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Tradition
2006-07-09 15:19:19 · answer #3 · answered by DEATH 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A hand is four inches, the average span of your hand, measured from knuckle to knuckle.
2006-07-09 15:20:06 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Coz they never had tape measures in the 1200s.AD, ha ha. A 'Yard, is from your shoulder to your wrist, an inch is from the bend of your thumb to the nail.....................
2006-07-09 16:01:29 · answer #5 · answered by voddybabe 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Simply because, most people had hands so you didn't need a rule, and it was easy for people to do.
2006-07-09 15:26:35 · answer #6 · answered by Nneave 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
why is work measured in ergs?
2006-07-09 15:20:38 · answer #7 · answered by rpm53 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋