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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]
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 ...
fathom (for depth; only in non-metric countries) (2 yards = 1.8288 m) nautical mile (one minute of arc of latitude = 1852 m) Aviation. Aviators use feet for altitude ...
The first practical fathometer (literally "fathom measurer"), which determined water depth by measuring the time required for an echo to return from a high-pitched sound sent through the water and reflected from the sea floor, was invented by Herbert Grove Dorsey and patented in 1928. [10]
During Donald Trump's first term, the youngest son seemed to be as tall if not taller than his mother by 2017, when he was only 11. Photos of Barron Trump walking alongside his mother from 2017 ...
A cable length or length of cable is a nautical unit of measure equal to one tenth of a nautical mile or approximately 100 fathoms.Owing to anachronisms and varying techniques of measurement, a cable length can be anywhere from 169 to 220 metres (185 to 241 yd), depending on the standard used.
The average height for men and women in the United States is 5'9" and 5'4", respectively. Here are 40 celebrities that are way taller than we realized.
Top Trump officials fanned out this past week to talk to markets about the upside of Elon Musk’s activities as questions mounted about his team’s access to a sensitive payments system.