Approaching this century, we still have stories of men from 9 to 10 feet high, but no authentic cases.

It was only in the latter part of the last century that we began to have absolutely authentic heights of giants, and to-day the men showing through the country as measuring 8 feet generally exaggerate their height several inches, and exact measurement would show that but few men commonly called giants are over 7 1/2 feet or weigh over 350 pounds.

Dana says that the number of giants figuring as public characters since 1700 is not more than 100, and of these about 20 were advertised to be over 8 feet.

If we confine ourselves to those accurately and scientifically measured the list is surprisingly small.
Topinard measured the tallest man in the Austrian army and found that he was 8 feet 4 1/2 inches.

The giant Winckelmeyer measured 8 feet 6 inches in height.