This calculator allows you to convert from Fathom to Long reed and in a reverse direction. To convert from Fathom to Long reed, enter the amount of Fathom into the first input and to convert from Long reed to Fathom, enter the amount of Long reed into the second input.
5 Fathom = 2.8571428571429 Long reed
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 2.8571428571429 Long reed.
Every 1 Fathom = 0.57142857142857 Long reed and so, 5 Fathom = 5 multiplied by 0.57142857142857 = 2.8571428571429 Long reed.
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.
| 1 Fathom = 0.57142857142857 Long reed |
| 2 Fathom = 1.1428571428571 Long reed |
| 3 Fathom = 1.7142857142857 Long reed |
| 4 Fathom = 2.2857142857143 Long reed |
| 5 Fathom = 2.8571428571429 Long reed |
| 6 Fathom = 3.4285714285714 Long reed |
| 7 Fathom = 4 Long reed |
| 8 Fathom = 4.5714285714286 Long reed |
| 9 Fathom = 5.1428571428571 Long reed |
| 10 Fathom = 5.7142857142857 Long reed |
| 11 Fathom = 6.2857142857143 Long reed |
| 12 Fathom = 6.8571428571429 Long reed |
| 13 Fathom = 7.4285714285714 Long reed |
| 14 Fathom = 8 Long reed |
| 15 Fathom = 8.5714285714286 Long reed |
