Frank G Bowen Limited

Auctioneers and Valuers since 1824

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Measurements
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Due to European Union regulations, we must advertise all goods in metric units. We have put together the following tables as a quick and easy ready reckoner for the most common metric / imperial sizes that we use in our descriptions.

The following page is a general guide (rounded) to metric and their imperial equivalents.

 

mm = inches

(10mm = 1cm)

 

25.4 mm

1 inch

50.8 mm

2 inches

101.6 mm

4 inches

152.4mm

6 inches

304.8 mm

12 inches  1 ft

457.2 mm

18 inches

508 mm

20 inches

558.8 mm

22 inches

609.6 mm

24 inches  2 ft

812.8 mm

32 inches

914.4 mm

36 inches  3ft

965.2 mm

38 inches

1016 mm

40 inches

1066.8 mm

42 inches

1524 mm

5 ft

1828.8 mm

6 ft

3657.6 mm

12 ft
metres - yards

(1000mm = 1m)

1m

1.094 yds

2m

2.187 yds

5m

5.468 yds

10m

10.936 yds

 

1 kilometre = 0.621 miles

1 miles = 1.609 kilometres

Kilo's - pounds

(1kg = 2.205 lbs)

1kg

2.205lb

2kg

4.409lb

3kg

6.614lb

10kg

22.046lb

50kg

110.23lb

1 (UK) ton = 1.016 tonnes

Liquid Measurements

1 litre = 1.759 pints (UK)

1 litre = 0.220 gallons (UK)

1 gallon (UK)= 1.5406 litres

 

Computer Sizes and Speeds

 

8 bits=1 byte

1024 bytes in a Kilobyte

1024 Kilobytes in a 1 Megabyte Mb

1024 Megabytes in 1 Gigabyte Gb

1024 Gigabytes in 1 Terabyte Tb

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1000 Megahertz = 1 Gigahertz

 

 
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