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In doubles, the service court is also marked by a long service line, which is 0.76 meters (2 ft 6 inch) from the back boundary. The net is 1.55 meters (5 ft 1 inch) high at the edges and 1.524 meters (5 ft) high in the center. The net posts are placed over the doubles sidelines, even when singles is played.
5 ft 0 in (1.524 m) Length: 35 ft 3 in (10.744 m) ... The cylinder diameter was reduced from 18 to 17.5 inches (457 to 444 mm) by the Southern Railway.
The "5ft 3in" in the title referred to the diameter of the driving wheels (usually the stated dimension was for the wheel centres) but which were actually 5 ft 0 in (1.524 m). The nominal diameter including the tyres was 5 ft 2 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (1.588 m). [3] They were a tank engine version of the LNWR Cauliflower Class, built from 1892.
3 ft 0 in (0.914 m) Driver dia. 5 ft 0 in (1.524 m) Trailing dia. ... whilst the Crewe engines carried standard 8-inch (20.3 cm) high numerals. Service
The wheel arrangement was either 2-2-2 WT or 2-4-0 WT; the driving wheels varied between 5 feet (1.524 m) and 6 feet (1.829 m) in diameter; the cylinder bore varied between 14 and 15 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (356 and 394 mm); the stroke was either 20 or 21 in (508 or 533 mm); and there were other changes. [1]
(One Midland Counties locomotive was 2-2-2, and had smaller drivers, with 5 ft 0 in (1.524 m) and 14-by-18-inch (356 mm × 457 mm) cylinders.) In 1841 the Birmingham and Gloucester Railway had found some American Norris 4-2-0 locomotives very successful, especially on the notorious Lickey Incline , and the company built six similar ones for the ...
a commercial unit of length or area used to measure finished cloth. Generally speaking, one bolt represents a strip of cloth 100 yards (91.44 meters) long, but the width varies according to the fabric. Cotton bolts are traditionally 42 inches (1.067 meters) wide and wool bolts are usually 60 inches (1.524 meters) wide.
Due to the unsteady running of the 0-4-2 ST s, the last of the order, 3560, was turned out in August 1889 as a 0-4-4 T bogie side tank. The remainder of the class were altered to a similar layout over the following two years. 3560 was slightly different at this time, having a bogie that was six inches (152 mm) shorter and an overall wheelbase of 20 ft 4 in (6.20 m), rather than the 21 ft 4 in ...