 Dimensional metrology

Dimensional metrology is the science of calibrating and using physical measurement equipment to quantify the physical size of or distance from any given object.Early Mesopotamian and Egyptian metrologists created a set of measurement standards based on body measures such as fingers, palms, hands, feet, Cubits, and paces and agricultural measures such as feet, yards, paces, fathoms, rods, cords, perch, stadia, miles and degrees of the Earth's circumference.