APPENDICES

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) Metric Units

1 cubic metre

1 cubic decimetre

1 cubic centimetre

1 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

=

1 millilitre

0.01 litre = 0.001 litre

=

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

(b) Imperial Units

1 cubic yard

= a volume equal to that of a cube each

1 cubic foot

=

1 cubic inch

=

edge of which measures one yard

27

cubic yard

172 cubic foot

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

1 litre

= 100 litres

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 tonne

= 1000 kilograms

1 kilogram

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a unit of mass equal to the

1 gram

=

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

1 quart

1 pint

1 gill

1 fluid ounce

= 4.546 09 cubic decimetres

=

IF

gallon

quart

+pint

pint

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PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

1 hundredweight

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2 240 pounds 112 pounds

= 28 pounds

14 pounds

international prototype of the kilogram kept by the International

Bureau of Weights and Measures

0.001 kilogram

1 quarter

1 stone

1 metric carat

=

gram

1 milligram

= 0.001 gram

1 pound

1 ounce

1 dram

1 grain

1 ounce troy

(c) Chinese Units

1 picul (tam)

= 100 catties

1 catty (kan)

= 0.604 789 82 kilogram

1 tael (leung)

I mace (tsin)

catty 16

1560catty

1 candareen (fan)

1 tael troy

1 mace troy

=

1 600

catty

37.429 grams

1 tael troy

=

0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

pound

256

pound

7000 pound

12 175

pound

וי

10

1 candareen troy

mace troy

10

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