APPENDICES
(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
= 0.001 cubic decimetre
= a volume equal to that of a cubic
decimetre
1 cubic centimetre
1 litre
1 decilitre
=
I centilitre
1 millilitre
= 0.001 litre
0.1 litre
= 0.01 litre
(b) Imperial Units
1 cubic yard
1 cubic foot
a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard
cubic yard
1 cubic inch
=
1728 cubic foot
(a) Metric Units
1 hectolitre
1 litre
PART IV
Measurement of Capacity
=
=
100 litres
a volume equal to that of acubic decimetre
0.1 litre
= 0.01 litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
1 millilitre
=
0.001 litre
(b) Imperial Units
1 gallon
1 quart
=
4.546 09 cubic decimetres
=
gallon
1 pint
=
quart
1 gill
=
pint
1 fluid ounce
=
-12
pint
PART V
Measurement of Mass or Weight
(a) Metric Units
1 tonne
= 1000 kilograms
1 kilogram
==
1 gram
--
a unit of mass equal to the international prototype of the kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures
0.001 kilogram
1 metric carat
=
gra gram
1 milligram
= 0.001 gram
(b) Imperial Units
1 ton
= 2 240 pounds
1 hundredweight
**
112 pounds
1 quarter
I stone
1 pound
- 28 pounds
= 14 pounds
= 0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly
pound
1 ounce
=
1 dram
=
pound
1 grain
=
7000 pound
1 ounce troy
****
pound
(c) Chinese Units
1 picul (tam)
- 100 catties
1 catty (kan)
= 0.604 789 82 kilogram
1 tael (leung)
=
+catty
1 mace (tsin)
1 candareen (fan)
=
160
catty
1600 catty
365