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One fathom is equal to... defined a fathom to be a thousandth of an... In practice the fathom was always regarded as exactly 6 feet... The fathom is now of mainly historical interest... the fathom has been used to define depths and layers of the sea and lengths of line... fathom skein of this rope was referred to as a... of length similar to the size of the fathom can be found in many cultures... An explanation of the fathom marks used at sea...

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Fathom (comics) | Fathom (disambiguation) | SI units | m | cm | US customary | Imperial units | ft | in | This derivation of the Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci, depicts nine historical units of measurement: the Yard, the Span, the Cubit, the Flemish Ell, the English Ell, the French Ell, the Fathom, the Hand , and the Foot.  The Vitruvian man was drawn to scale, so the units depicted are displayed with their proper historical ratios. | | Vitruvian Man | Leonardo da Vinci | Yard | Span | Cubit | Ell | Hand | Foot | unit | length | Imperial system | U.S. customary units | yards | feet | (Admiralty) nautical mile | yard | Old English | Middle English | cable length | metres | yards | cubits | feet | hands | inches | 1954 | United States | Commonwealth of Nations | metres | SI | British Admiralty | imperial nautical mile | mines | United Kingdom | sounding line | depth finders | neritic zone | Grand Banks of Newfoundland | cod | reef | shoal | oilfish | bathyal zone | dome | deep sea | waterproof watch | burying | burial at sea | hvat | toise | Ancient Greek | Viennese | Sana lamjel | anthropic units | English unit | Imperial unit | United States customary units | International System of Units | Ancient Greek units of measurement | Sounding line | Bosworth, Joseph | 2008 | 05-22 | 2007 | 05-28 | ISBN 0618226478 | 2008 | 01-29 | ISBN 0198605226 | Categories | Units of length | Human-based units of measure | Nautical terms |
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