hh hand: the measurement of the height of horses [ December 27th, 2011 ] Posted in » hh hand

In most of eglish speaking countries would like use hand hh to measure the height of horses ,pony etc., such as the USA ,Australia, Canada ,Ireland and the UK.especially in the United State.

Hand unit was  originally based on the breadth of a nomal human hand when was  from ancient Egypt.

Hand high abbreviated to hh or h.Now Today one hh or h equal to exactly 10.16 centimetres or four inches.So if  12hand high is 12x 4=48inches or 12x 10.16=121.92 cm(centimetres).