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APPENDICES

PART III

Measurement of Volume

= a volume equal to that of a cube each

edge of which measures one metre

(a) Metric Units

I cubic metre

1 cubic decimetre

=

1 cubic centimetre

=

0.001 cubic decimetre

0.001 cubic metre

1 litre

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 hectolitre

1 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

27 cubic yard

1 cubic inch

cubic foot

1 728

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

==

=

100 litres

a volume equal to that of a cubic

decimetre

0.1 litre

= 0.01 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

I millilitre

** 0.001 litre

(b) Imperial Units 1 gallon

= 4.546 09 cubic decimetres

1 quart

=

gallon

1 pint

=

quart

1 gill

=

pint

1 fluid ounce

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-2

pint

PART V

Measurement of Mass or Weight

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

1 kilogram

= 1000 kilograms

a unit of mass equal to the

international prototype of the

kilogram kept by the International

Bureau of Weights and Measures

1 gram

=

0.001 kilogram

1 metric carat

***

gram

1 milligram

= 0.001 gram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

1 hundredweight

1 quarter

=

= 2 240 pounds

112 pounds

=

28 pounds

= 14 pounds

=

=

0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

pound

256

pound

7000 pound

12 175

pound

1 stone

1 pound

1 ounce

1 dram

=

1 grain

1 ounce troy

=

(c) Chinese Units

I picul (tam)

-

100 catties

1 catty (kan)

--

1 tael (leung)

0.604 789 82 kilogram

+catty

1 mace (tsin)

1 candareen (fan)

=

=

160 catty

1

catty

1600

I tael troy

= 37.429 grams

1 mace troy

=

10

tael troy

1

1 candareen troy

mace troy

10

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