Roman actus to Fathom Unit Converter - 1 Roman actus in Fathom
This calculator allows you to convert from Roman actus to Fathom and in a reverse direction. To convert from Roman actus to Fathom, enter the amount of Roman actus into the first input and to convert from Fathom to Roman actus, enter the amount of Fathom into the second input.
1 Roman actus = 19.4 Fathom
Roman actus to Fathom?
How to convert from Roman actus to Fathom?
To convert Roman actus to Fathom: Every 1 Roman actus equals 19.4 Fathom. For example, 100 Roman actus equal 100 * 19.4 = 1940 Fathom and so on..
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.