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A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to 6 feet (1.8288 m), used especially for measuring the depth of water. [1] The fathom is neither an international standard (SI) unit, nor an internationally accepted non-SI unit. Historically it was the maritime measure of depth in the English-speaking world but ...
10 3.148 lit. "decafoot: 10-foot [length]" Schoinion: skhoinion (σχοινιον) 60 72 21.30 25.30 [9] lit. "little schoenus" The basis of land tax assessments, variously reckoned as 10 fathoms in the fertile Balkan and west Anatolian themes and as 12 in the rest of Asia Minor. [9] Plethron: pléthron (πλέθρον)
A cable's length (often "cable length" or just "cable") is simply the standard length in which cables came, which by 1555 had settled to around 100 fathoms (600 ft; 180 m) or 1 ⁄ 10 nautical mile (0.19 km; 0.12 mi). [1] Traditionally rope is made on long ropewalks, the length of which determines the maximum length of rope it is possible to make.
Fathom: Length: Knot: Speed: League: Length: Nautical mile: Length: Rhumb: Angle: The angle between two successive points of the thirty-two point compass (11 degrees 15 minutes) (rare) [1] Shackle: Length: Before 1949, 12.5 fathoms; later 15 fathoms. [2] Toise: Length: Toise was also used for measures of area and volume Twenty-foot equivalent ...
half foot lichas λιχάς: 10 daktyloi 192.6 mm (7.58 in) distance from thumb-tip to tip of outstretched index finger [2] ... fathom: kalamos, akaina or dekapous
Klafter – Fathom, usually 6 feet. Regional changes from 1.75 m in Baden to 3 m in Switzerland. Rute – Rod, Roman origin, use as land measure. Very differing definitions, 10, 12, 14, 15, 18 or 20 feet, varied between approx. 3 and 5 m. Wegstunde – 'Way's hour', one hours travel (by
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fathom: ftm ≡ 6 ft [4] = 1.8288 m femtometre: fm ≡ 1 × 10 −15 m: ≡ 1 × 10 −15 m: fermi: fm ≡ 1 × 10 −15 m [4] ≡ 1 × 10 −15 m: finger: ≡ 7 ⁄ 8 in = 0.022 225 m: finger (cloth) ≡ 4 + 1 ⁄ 2 in = 0.1143 m foot (Benoît) (H) ft (Ben) ≈ 0.304 799 735 m: foot (Cape) (H) Legally defined as 1.033 English feet in 1859 ≈ ...