Hand (unit) Biblical exegesis the hand measurement, as for example in the Vision of the Temple, Authorized Version , is usually taken to be palm or handbreadth, and in modern translations may be rendered as "handbreadth" or "three inches". The hand is a traditional unit in the UK. It was standardised at four inches by a statute of King Henry VIII in 1540, but some confusion between the various types of hand measurement, and particularly between the hand and the handsbreadth, appears to have persisted. Phillips's dictionary of 1706 gives four inches for the length of the handful or hand, and three
Facial width to height ratio Facial width to height ratio Facial width to height ratio (fWHR) is a measure derived from archaeological skull measurements. fWHR is not linked with adolescent testosterone, and has been proposed as: a predictor of aggression, cause of death by violence, and also with CEO success probability. While most studies have found some significance some have found little correlation. fWHR has also been used in primate studies with similar findings. Width is measured as upper bizygomatic width (the widest central bit of the face), height measurement used is upper facial height, from the top of the eyelids (approximately the nasion) to