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Appendix 1 contd

321

(a) Metric Units

1 cubic metre

1 cubic decimetre

PART III

Measurement of Volume

a volume equal to that of a cube each

edge of which measures one metre

= 0.001 cubic metre

(b) Imperial Units

= a volume equal to that of a cube each

edge of which measures one yard

1 cubic yard

1

1 cubic foot

cubic yard

1 cubic centimetre

1 litre

-0.001 cubic decimetre

27

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

1

1 cubic inch

cubic foot

1 728

1 decilitre

= 0.1 litre

1 centilitre

=

1 millilitre

0.01 litre

= 0.001 litre

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

1 quart

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

= 100 litres

= a volume equal to that of a cubic

decimetre

0.1 litre

1 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

= 0.01 litre

1 millilitre

= 0.001 litre

4.546 09 cubic decimetres

1

=

IN

gallon

quart

1 pint

1 gill

=

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pint

1 fluid ounce

pint

20

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

1 hundredweight

1 quarter

= 2 240 pounds - 112 pounds

28 pounds

- 14 pounds

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

====

1 000 kilograms

1 kilogram

=

a unit of mass equal to the

1 gram

1 metric carat

1 milligram

international prototype of the

kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures

-0.001 kilogram

=

1

gram

5

0.001 gram

(c) Chinese Units 1 picul (tam)

1 stone

1 pound

= 0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

1

1 ounce

pound

16

1 dram

pound

256

1

1 grain

----

pound

7.000

12

1 ounce troy

= pound

175

100 catties

1 catty (kan)

=

0.604 789 82 kilogram

I

1 tael (leung)

catty

16

1 mace (tsin)

catty

160

1

1 candareen (fan)

=

catty

1 600