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the odd tipper as welL We are beginning to find that the loads are being passed to us in metric measure. Do you know of a publication which gives two
way conversions not just of the usual kilogrammes and metres but litres, cubic metres and other variations? We do not want just a plastic card but a more elaborate conversion publication.
A A small booklet published by Transport and Distribution Press Features provides precisely the information you require. The booklet, Vehicle Metrics, contains two-way conversion tables giving the metric equivalents of Imperial and other weights and measures commonly used when dealing with vehicles.
The, tables have been carefully grouped to form practical quick-reference equivalents of sufficient accuracy for most needs in the period of change to metrication. To facilitate use, equivalents are picked out in a second colow
The booklet, which measures 6in, x 41n, (15.24-0cm x 10.160cm) contains 43 conversion tables taken wherever possible to three figures of decimals.
Single copies of Vehicle Metrics cost 50p each: 10 25 copies, 45p each; 25-99 copies 40p each: and 100 or more copies 35p each, from Transport and Distribution Press Features, 7 Burney Avenue, Surbiton, Surrey.