Q. We receive Excel-based reports from our European operations with the daily temperatures of our electrical generators and other equipment recorded in Celsius; what’s the best way to convert these ...

I consider myself pretty conversant in metric units. I know that 20 kilograms is 44 pounds (double it and add 10%) and that five kilometers is a little over three miles (I’ve, uh, run a lot of 5Ks).

THERE are two ways to measure temperature, Celsius and Fahrenheit. The one officially used and recognised in the UK is Celsius but many other places around the world use the Fahrenheit scale. Here's ...