Appendix 1 contd
321
(a) Metric Units
1 cubic metre
1 cubic decimetre
PART III
Measurement of Volume
a volume equal to that of a cube each
edge of which measures one metre
= 0.001 cubic metre
(b) Imperial Units
= a volume equal to that of a cube each
edge of which measures one yard
1 cubic yard
1
1 cubic foot
cubic yard
1 cubic centimetre
1 litre
-0.001 cubic decimetre
27
a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre
1
1 cubic inch
cubic foot
1 728
1 decilitre
= 0.1 litre
1 centilitre
=
1 millilitre
0.01 litre
= 0.001 litre
PART IV
Measurement of Capacity
(b) Imperial Units
1 gallon
1 quart
(a) Metric Units
1 hectolitre
= 100 litres
= a volume equal to that of a cubic
decimetre
0.1 litre
1 litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
= 0.01 litre
1 millilitre
= 0.001 litre
4.546 09 cubic decimetres
1
=
IN
gallon
quart
1 pint
1 gill
=
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pint
1 fluid ounce
pint
20
PART V
Measurement of Mass or Weight
(b) Imperial Units
1 ton
1 hundredweight
1 quarter
= 2 240 pounds - 112 pounds
28 pounds
- 14 pounds
(a) Metric Units
1 tonne
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1 000 kilograms
1 kilogram
=
a unit of mass equal to the
1 gram
1 metric carat
1 milligram
international prototype of the
kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures
-0.001 kilogram
=
1
gram
5
0.001 gram
(c) Chinese Units 1 picul (tam)
1 stone
1 pound
= 0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly
1
1 ounce
pound
16
1 dram
pound
256
1
1 grain
----
pound
7.000
12
1 ounce troy
= pound
175
100 catties
1 catty (kan)
=
0.604 789 82 kilogram
I
1 tael (leung)
catty
16
1 mace (tsin)
catty
160
1
1 candareen (fan)
=
catty
1 600