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 Five (novel) Fathom Five (novel) Fathom Five is a 1979 novel by Robert Westall, and is the sequel to "The Machine Gunners" (1975). The book combines elements of spy story with the rites of a passage of teenage life. The characters are now older than in "The Machine Gunners", and the themes are appropriate to their age. The transition from boy to man is one of the central aspects of the novel, and Chas is ultimately faced with a decision a mature adult would find daunting. While "The Machine Gunners" tends to focus on the bombing and fear of invasion in 1941,