mp it ▁to ▁the ▁tip ▁of ▁the ▁fingers ), ▁an ▁easy ▁way ▁to ▁measure ▁length . ▁The ▁Dutch ▁" ell ", ▁which ▁varied ▁from ▁town ▁to ▁town ▁( , ▁was ▁somewhat ▁shorter ▁than ▁the ▁English ▁ell ▁( 1 1 4 . 3   cm ). ▁ ▁A ▁section ▁of ▁measurements ▁is ▁given ▁below : ▁▁ ▁one ▁H ague ▁ell ▁or ▁standard ▁ell ▁( Ha ag se ▁of ▁gew one ▁el ) ▁= ▁ 6 9 . 4 2 5 ▁cm ▁ ▁one ▁Amsterdam ▁ell ▁( Am sterdam se ▁el ) ▁= ▁ 6 8 . 7 8 ▁cm ▁ ▁one ▁B rab ant ▁ell ▁( B rab ant se ▁el ) ▁= ▁ 6 9 . 2 ▁cm ▁or ▁ 1 6 ▁ta illes ▁ ▁one ▁Del ft ▁ell ▁( D elf sche ▁el ) ▁= ▁ 6 8 . 2 ▁cm ▁ ▁one ▁Go es ▁ell ▁( Go es che ▁el ) ▁= ▁ 6 9 ▁cm ▁ ▁one ▁Tw ente ▁ell ▁( Tw ent se ▁el ) ▁= ▁ 5 8 . 7 ▁cm ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 7 2 5 ▁the ▁H ague ▁ell ▁was ▁fixed ▁as ▁the ▁national ▁standard ▁for ▁tax ▁purposes ▁and ▁from ▁ 1 8 1 6 ▁to ▁ 1 8 6 9 , ▁the ▁word ▁el ▁was ▁used ▁in ▁the ▁Netherlands ▁to ▁refer ▁to ▁the ▁met re . ▁In ▁ 1 8 6 9 ▁the ▁word ▁meter ▁was ▁adopted ▁and ▁the ▁el , ▁disappeared , ▁both ▁as ▁a ▁word ▁and ▁as ▁a ▁unit ▁of ▁measurement .