ENG-1992 — Page 460

APPENDICES

PART III

Measurement of Volume

(a) Metric Units

I cubic metre

1 cubic decimetre

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

= 0.001 cubic metre

(b) Imperial Units

1 cubic yard

1 cubic foot

=

12/17

=

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

cubic yard

cubic foot

1 728

1 cubic centimetre 1 litre

=

0.001 cubic decimetre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

a volume equal to that of a cubic decimetre

= 0.1 litre

= 0.01 litre

1 cubic inch

1 millilitre

-

0.001 litre

(a) Metric Units

1 hectolitre

1 litre

PART IV

Measurement of Capacity

=

100 litres

a volume equal to that of a cubic

decimetre

= 0.1 litre

0.01 litre

0.001 litre

1 decilitre

1 centilitre

=

1 millilitre

(a) Metric Units

1 tonne

1 kilogram

1 gram

1 metric carat

1 milligram

PART V

(b) Imperial Units 1 gallon

=

4.546 09 cubic decimetres

1 quart

=

gallon

1 pint

=

quart

1 gill

=

pint

1 fluid ounce

=

20

pint

Measurement of Mass or Weight

=

1 000 kilograms

=

a unit of mass equal to the

international prototype of the kilogram kept by the International

Bureau of Weights and Measures

= 0.001 kilogram

=

gram

0.001 gram

(b) Imperial Units

1 ton

=

2 240 pounds

1 hundredweight

=

112 pounds

1 quarter

1 stone

1 pound

= 28 pounds

=

14 pounds

0.453 592 37 kilogram exactly

1 ounce

=

pound 16

1 dram

1 grain

12

1 ounce troy

=

256 pound

7000 pound

175

pound

(c) Chinese Units

1 picul (tam)

1 catty (kan)

1 tael (leung)

1 mace (tsin)

= 100 catties

=

0.604 789 82 kilogram

=

catty

16

1

catty 160

1 candareen (fan)

=

1 tael troy

1

catty

1 600

=

37.429 grams

1 mace troy

1 candareen troy

←

=

1 tael troy

10

11/08

mace troy

401