OCEANOGRAPHIC TABLES 

 Table XVI B.— VELOCITY CONVERSION— CENTIMETERS PER SECOND TO KNOTS 



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Tables XVII A-D.- 



-DEPTH CONVERSIONS— FATHOMS TO METERS— METERS TO FATHOMS— FEET TO METERS- 

 METERS TO FEET 



Example : 



Given, depth =195 fathoms. 

 From table XVII A, depth = 



Example: 



Given, depth = 800 meters. 

 From table XVII B, depth = 



Example: 



Given, depth =144 feet. 

 From table XVII C, depth = 



Table XVII A.— Fathoms to Meters 

 1 fathom= 1.8285 meters 



356.6 meters. 



Table XVII B.— Meters to Fathoms 

 1 meter = 0.54681 fathoms 



= 437 fathoms. 



Table XVII C— Feet to Meters 

 1 foot = 0.30480 meters 



= 43.9 meters. 



Table XVII D. — Meters to Feet 

 1 meter= 3.28083 feet 



Example: 



Given, depth = 94 meters. 



From table XVII D, depth = 308.4 feet. 



