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
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10
1 candareen troy
mace troy
10
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