APPENDICES
PART III
Measurement of Volume
(a) Metric Units
I cubic metre
1 cubic decimetre
a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one metre
= 0.001 cubic metre
(b) Imperial Units
1 cubic yard
1 cubic foot
=
12/17
=
a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard
cubic yard
cubic foot
1 728
1 cubic centimetre 1 litre
=
0.001 cubic decimetre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre
= 0.1 litre
= 0.01 litre
1 cubic inch
1 millilitre
-
0.001 litre
(a) Metric Units
1 hectolitre
1 litre
PART IV
Measurement of Capacity
=
100 litres
a volume equal to that of a cubic
decimetre
= 0.1 litre
0.01 litre
0.001 litre
1 decilitre
1 centilitre
=
1 millilitre
(a) Metric Units
1 tonne
1 kilogram
1 gram
1 metric carat
1 milligram
PART V
(b) Imperial Units 1 gallon
=
4.546 09 cubic decimetres
1 quart
=
gallon
1 pint
=
quart
1 gill
=
pint
1 fluid ounce
=
20
pint
Measurement of Mass or Weight
=
1 000 kilograms
=
a unit of mass equal to the
international prototype of the kilogram kept by the International
Bureau of Weights and Measures
= 0.001 kilogram
=
gram
0.001 gram
(b) Imperial Units
1 ton
=
2 240 pounds
1 hundredweight
=
112 pounds
1 quarter
1 stone
1 pound
= 28 pounds
=
14 pounds
0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly
1 ounce
=
pound 16
1 dram
1 grain
12
1 ounce troy
=
256 pound
7000 pound
175
pound
(c) Chinese Units
1 picul (tam)
1 catty (kan)
1 tael (leung)
1 mace (tsin)
= 100 catties
=
0.604 789 82 kilogram
=
catty
16
1
catty 160
1 candareen (fan)
=
1 tael troy
1
catty
1 600
=
37.429 grams
1 mace troy
1 candareen troy
←
=
1 tael troy
10
11/08
mace troy
401