This calculator allows you to convert from Handbreadth to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Handbreadth to Fathom, enter the amount of Handbreadth into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Handbreadth, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
20 Handbreadth = 0.83333333333336 Fathom
Handbreadth to Meter | Handbreadth to Foot | Handbreadth to Centimeter | Handbreadth to Inch | Handbreadth to Kilometer | Handbreadth to Mile | Handbreadth to Millimeter | Handbreadth to Yard | Handbreadth to Micrometer |20 Handbreadth equal 0.83333333333336 Fathom.
Every 1 Handbreadth = 0.041666666666668 Fathom and so, 20 Handbreadth = 20 multiplied by 0.041666666666668 = 0.83333333333336 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.
| 10 Handbreadth = 0.41666666666668 Fathom |
| 11 Handbreadth = 0.45833333333335 Fathom |
| 12 Handbreadth = 0.50000000000002 Fathom |
| 13 Handbreadth = 0.54166666666668 Fathom |
| 14 Handbreadth = 0.58333333333335 Fathom |
| 15 Handbreadth = 0.62500000000002 Fathom |
| 16 Handbreadth = 0.66666666666669 Fathom |
| 17 Handbreadth = 0.70833333333335 Fathom |
| 18 Handbreadth = 0.75000000000002 Fathom |
| 19 Handbreadth = 0.79166666666669 Fathom |
| 20 Handbreadth = 0.83333333333336 Fathom |
| 21 Handbreadth = 0.87500000000003 Fathom |
| 22 Handbreadth = 0.91666666666669 Fathom |
| 23 Handbreadth = 0.95833333333336 Fathom |
| 24 Handbreadth = 1 Fathom |
| 25 Handbreadth = 1.0416666666667 Fathom |
| 26 Handbreadth = 1.0833333333334 Fathom |
| 27 Handbreadth = 1.125 Fathom |
| 28 Handbreadth = 1.1666666666667 Fathom |
| 29 Handbreadth = 1.2083333333334 Fathom |
| 30 Handbreadth = 1.25 Fathom |
