(a) Metric Units

APPENDICES

PART III

Measurement of Volume

=

1 cubic metre

I cubic decimetre

=

1 cubic centimetre

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 litre

1 decilitre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

= 0.01 litre

1 millilitre

= 0.001 litre

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

1 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

1 millilitre

= 100 litres

-

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

0.01 litre

= 0.001 litre

(b) Imperial Units

1 cubic yard

a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard

27

cubic yard

1 cubic foot

-

1 cubic inch

==

1728 cubic foot

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

1 quart

1 pint

1 gill

1 fluid ounce

= 4.546 09 cubic decimetres

=

gallon

=

quart

pint

20 pint

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

1 kilogram

= 1000 kilograms

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

= a unit of mass equal to the

international prototype of the

kilogram kept by the International

Bureau of Weights and Measures 0.001 kilogram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

1 hundredweight

1 quarter

1 stone

1 pound

=

2 240 pounds 112 pounds

28 pounds

= 14 pounds

= 0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

1 gram

1 metric carat

1 milligram

=

13

gram

0.001 gram

1 ounce

1 dram

1 grain

1 ounce troy

(c) Chinese Units

I picul (tam)

= 100 catties

1 catty (kan)

=

0.604 789 82 kilogram

I tael (leung)

1 mace (tsin)

1 candareen (fan)

1 tael troy

1 mace troy

1 candareen troy

=

=

+catty

160 catty

1 600

catty

= 37.429 grams

10

1/1/0

tael troy

mace troy

=

1 16

pound

=

pound

Ha

256

7000 pound

12

175

pound

385

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