(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