Fathom Britain, it can mean the quantity of wood in a pile of any length measuring square in cross section. In Hungary the square fathom ("") is still in use as an unofficial measure of land area, primarily for small lots suitable for construction. Fathom A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to , used especially for measuring the depth of water. There are two yards (6 feet) in an imperial fathom. Originally the span of a man's outstretched arms, the size of a fathom has varied slightly depending on whether it
Fathom (film) Fathom (film) Fathom Harvill (Welch) is a skydiver touring Europe with a U.S. parachute team. She is approached by a Scottish agent to recover an atomic triggering mechanism. The film was based on Larry Forrester's second "Fathom" novel "Fathom Heavensent", then in the draft stage but never published. His first was 1967's "A Girl Called Fathom". This was one of three 1967 20th Century Fox films about female spies, the others being Doris Day's "Caprice" and Andrea Dromm's "Come Spy with Me". Fathom Harvill, a beautiful skydiver, is in Spain with a U.S. parachute team. She is abducted by a