ENG-1989 — Page 422

APPENDICES

(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

= 0.001 cubic decimetre

= a volume equal to that of a cubic

decimetre

1 cubic centimetre

1 litre

1 decilitre

=

I centilitre

1 millilitre

= 0.001 litre

0.1 litre

= 0.01 litre

(b) Imperial Units

1 cubic yard

1 cubic foot

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

cubic yard

1 cubic inch

=

1728 cubic foot

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

1 litre

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

=

=

100 litres

a volume equal to that of acubic decimetre

0.1 litre

= 0.01 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

1 millilitre

=

0.001 litre

(b) Imperial Units

1 gallon

1 quart

=

4.546 09 cubic decimetres

=

gallon

1 pint

=

quart

1 gill

=

pint

1 fluid ounce

=

-12

pint

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

= 1000 kilograms

1 kilogram

==

1 gram

--

a unit of mass equal to the international prototype of the kilogram kept by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures

0.001 kilogram

1 metric carat

=

gra gram

1 milligram

= 0.001 gram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

= 2 240 pounds

1 hundredweight

**

112 pounds

1 quarter

I stone

1 pound

- 28 pounds

= 14 pounds

= 0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

pound

1 ounce

=

1 dram

=

pound

1 grain

=

7000 pound

1 ounce troy

****

pound

(c) Chinese Units

1 picul (tam)

- 100 catties

1 catty (kan)

= 0.604 789 82 kilogram

1 tael (leung)

=

+catty

1 mace (tsin)

1 candareen (fan)

=

160

catty

1600 catty

365