This calculator allows you to convert from Hand to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Hand to Fathom, enter the amount of Hand into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Hand, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
This calculator allows you to convert from Hand to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Hand to Fathom, enter the amount of Hand into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Hand, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
5 Hand = 0.27777777777777 Fathom
Hand to Meter | Hand to Foot | Hand to Centimeter | Hand to Inch | Hand to Kilometer | Hand to Mile | Hand to Millimeter | Hand to Yard | Hand to Micrometer |5 Hand equal 0.27777777777777 Fathom.
Every 1 Hand = 0.055555555555555 Fathom and so, 5 Hand = 5 multiplied by 0.055555555555555 = 0.27777777777777 Fathom.
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 Hand = 0.055555555555555 Fathom |
| 2 Hand = 0.11111111111111 Fathom |
| 3 Hand = 0.16666666666666 Fathom |
| 4 Hand = 0.22222222222222 Fathom |
| 5 Hand = 0.27777777777777 Fathom |
| 6 Hand = 0.33333333333333 Fathom |
| 7 Hand = 0.38888888888888 Fathom |
| 8 Hand = 0.44444444444444 Fathom |
| 9 Hand = 0.49999999999999 Fathom |
| 10 Hand = 0.55555555555555 Fathom |
| 11 Hand = 0.6111111111111 Fathom |
| 12 Hand = 0.66666666666666 Fathom |
| 13 Hand = 0.72222222222221 Fathom |
| 14 Hand = 0.77777777777777 Fathom |
| 15 Hand = 0.83333333333332 Fathom |