This calculator allows you to convert from Fathom to Furlong and in a reverse direction. To convert from Fathom to Furlong, enter the amount of Fathom into the first input and to convert from Furlong to Fathom, enter the amount of Furlong into the second input.
5 Fathom = 0.045454545454546 Furlong
Fathom to Meter | Fathom to Foot | Fathom to Centimeter | Fathom to Inch | Fathom to Kilometer | Fathom to Mile | Fathom to Millimeter | Fathom to Yard | Fathom to Micrometer |5 Fathom equal 0.045454545454546 Furlong.
Every 1 Fathom = 0.0090909090909092 Furlong and so, 5 Fathom = 5 multiplied by 0.0090909090909092 = 0.045454545454546 Furlong.
What is fathom?
As we mentioned before, the human body was the base from which length units were derived. Fathom is one of these units. For a large man holding his arms fully extended, the distance from the middle fingertip of one hand to the middle fingertip of the other hand express one fathom.
For more specification, one fathom equals 6 feet or nearly 1.83 meter. The term "fathom" was derived from the old English "faedm" which means outstretched arms. Fathom is used mainly in water depth measurement.
What does furlong refer to?
A furlong is a measure of distance which equals one eighth of a mile. A good note is that furlong is used in both imperial and U.S. customary systems of measurement.
One furlong equals to 660 feet.
Historically, furlong was estimated be be equivalent to the roman stadium. It was also based on the length of an average plowed furrow .
| 1 Fathom = 0.0090909090909092 Furlong |
| 2 Fathom = 0.018181818181818 Furlong |
| 3 Fathom = 0.027272727272728 Furlong |
| 4 Fathom = 0.036363636363637 Furlong |
| 5 Fathom = 0.045454545454546 Furlong |
| 6 Fathom = 0.054545454545455 Furlong |
| 7 Fathom = 0.063636363636364 Furlong |
| 8 Fathom = 0.072727272727274 Furlong |
| 9 Fathom = 0.081818181818183 Furlong |
| 10 Fathom = 0.090909090909092 Furlong |
| 11 Fathom = 0.1 Furlong |
| 12 Fathom = 0.10909090909091 Furlong |
| 13 Fathom = 0.11818181818182 Furlong |
| 14 Fathom = 0.12727272727273 Furlong |
| 15 Fathom = 0.13636363636364 Furlong |
