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Appendix 1 contd

PART III

Measurement of Volume

(a) Metric Units

1 cubic metre

1 cubic decimetre

=

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a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one metre

0.001 cubic metre

1 cubic centimetre = 0.001 cubic decimetre

=

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

1 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

0.01 litre

I millilitre

=

0.001 litre

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

1 litre

=

100 litres

(b) Imperial Units

1 cubic yard

1 cubic foot

I cubic inch

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PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

0.1 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

= 0.01 litre

1 millilitre

0.001 litre

347

=

a volume equal to that of a cube each edge of which measures one yard

1

=

cubic yard

27

1

=

cubic foot

1 728

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

= 4.546 09 cubic decimetres

1 quart

=

gallon

1 pint

quart

1 gill

=

pint

1 fluid ounce

盘

20

-18

pint

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

= 1000 kilograms

1 kilogram

=

1 gram

I metric carat

1 milligram

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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

13

gram

0.001 gram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

I hundredweight

1 quarter

1 stone

1 pound

1 ounce

= 2240 pounds

112 pounds

= 28 pounds

= 14 pounds

ן'

=

0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

1

pound

16

1

1 dram

=

pound

256

1

1 grain

=

pound

7.000

12

1 ounce troy

=

pound

(c) Chinese Units

1 picul (tam)

100 catties

1 catty (kan)

==

0.604 789 82 kilogram

1 tael (leung)

=

catty

16

1

I mace (tsin)

catty

160

1

1 candareen (fan)

catty

1 600

175