APPENDICES
PART III
Measurement of Volume
= a volume equal to that of a cube each
edge of which measures one metre
(a) Metric Units
I cubic metre
1 cubic decimetre
=
1 cubic centimetre
=
0.001 cubic decimetre
0.001 cubic metre
1 litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
1 millilitre
=
a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre
= 0.1 litre
- 0.01 litre
=
0.001 litre
(a) Metric Units
1 hectolitre
1 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
27 cubic yard
1 cubic inch
cubic foot
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PART IV
Measurement of Capacity
==
=
100 litres
a volume equal to that of a cubic
decimetre
0.1 litre
= 0.01 litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
I millilitre
** 0.001 litre
(b) Imperial Units 1 gallon
= 4.546 09 cubic decimetres
1 quart
=
gallon
1 pint
=
quart
1 gill
=
pint
1 fluid ounce
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pint
PART V
Measurement of Mass or Weight
(a) Metric Units
1 tonne
1 kilogram
= 1000 kilograms
a unit of mass equal to the
international prototype of the
kilogram kept by the International
Bureau of Weights and Measures
1 gram
=
0.001 kilogram
1 metric carat
***
gram
1 milligram
= 0.001 gram
(b) Imperial Units
1 ton
1 hundredweight
1 quarter
=
= 2 240 pounds
112 pounds
=
28 pounds
= 14 pounds
=
=
0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly
pound
256
pound
7000 pound
12 175
pound
1 stone
1 pound
1 ounce
1 dram
=
1 grain
1 ounce troy
=
(c) Chinese Units
I picul (tam)
-
100 catties
1 catty (kan)
--
1 tael (leung)
0.604 789 82 kilogram
+catty
1 mace (tsin)
1 candareen (fan)
=
=
160 catty
1
catty
1600
I tael troy
= 37.429 grams
1 mace troy
=
10
tael troy
1
1 candareen troy
mace troy
10
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