If you want an imperial scale that is more definitely “human friendly” I would look at length. Measured in inches are things you manipulate with your hands -- 1 inch = one finger. Measured in feet are things you carry. Yards (plural) are too big to carry, bit you can measure them out by walking (1 stride = 1 yard).
Or liquids, where gallons, pints, and quarts are factors of 2 separated from each other—you break one unit into the other by (recursively) pouring into two equal sized containers, and leveling out.
Those are some pretty unfortunate fingers that you have.
Measured in feet are things you carry. Yards (plural) are too big to carry
That’s… a big stretch X-)
gallons, pints, and quarts are factors of 2 separated from each other
Except, well, y’know, there are four quarts in a gallon, them being quarters. Not to mention that there is e.g. a US quart, an Imperial quart, and a dry quart. They are all different, of course. And don’t get me started about half-pints which are cups)...
If you want an imperial scale that is more definitely “human friendly” I would look at length. Measured in inches are things you manipulate with your hands -- 1 inch = one finger. Measured in feet are things you carry. Yards (plural) are too big to carry, bit you can measure them out by walking (1 stride = 1 yard).
Or liquids, where gallons, pints, and quarts are factors of 2 separated from each other—you break one unit into the other by (recursively) pouring into two equal sized containers, and leveling out.
Those are some pretty unfortunate fingers that you have.
That’s… a big stretch X-)
Except, well, y’know, there are four quarts in a gallon, them being quarters. Not to mention that there is e.g. a US quart, an Imperial quart, and a dry quart. They are all different, of course. And don’t get me started about half-pints which are cups)...
Width.
4 = 2*2. You divide things in half twice.
Your fingers are an inch wide..? My comment stands :-P
For your edification, the inch is supposed to be the distance between the knuckle and the tip of the thumb.