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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)
metres - yards(1000mm = 1m)
1 kilometre = 0.621 miles 1 miles = 1.609 kilometres Kilo's - pounds(1kg = 2.205 lbs)
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
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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 . 1000 Megahertz = 1 Gigahertz |