 | Frederick Converse Beach, George Edwin Rines - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1911 - 978 pages
...METRE," which is the unit of length. From this unit the units of mass (gram), and capacity (litre), were derived. All other units are the decimal subdivisions or multiples of these. Furthermore these three units are simply related so that for practical purposes one cubic decimetre... | |
 | Valves - 1912 - 718 pages
...length, area, volume, and weight with one another. 3. The uniform and self -defining names of units. The fundamental unit of the metric system is the Meter...multiples of these. These three units are simply related; for example, for all practical purposes one Cubic Decimeter equals one Liter, and one Liter of water... | |
 | Franklin Turner Jones, Robert Richardson Tatnall - Physics - 1912 - 112 pages
...is the meter — the unit of length. From this the units of capacity (liter) and of mass (gram) are derived. All other units are the decimal subdivisions or multiples of these three simply related units. For all practical purposes one cubic decimeter equals one liter, and one... | |
 | National Tube Co - Engineering - 1913 - 572 pages
...system is the METER (the unit of length). From this the units of mass (GRAM) and capacity (L1TER) are derived. All other units are the decimal subdivisions...multiples of these. These three units are simply related, so that for all practical purposes the volume of one kilogram of water (one liter) is equal to one... | |
 | Downing, R. F., & co - Tariff - 1913 - 686 pages
...system is the METER (the unit of length). From this the units of masa OGRAMM) and capacity (LITER) are derived. All other units are the decimal subdivisions...multiples of these. These three units are simply related, so that for all practical purposes the volume of one kilogram of water (one liter) is equal to one... | |
 | George Morris Philips, Robert Franklin Anderson - Arithmetic - 1913 - 444 pages
...the metric system is the meter — the unit of length. From this the units of capacity (liter) and weight (gram) were derived. All other units are the decimal subdivisions or multiples of these. The three unite named are simply related ; thus : A liter in a cube .1 of a meter on an edge. A gram... | |
 | Weights and measures - 1914 - 712 pages
...}$ inch = 0.00952 meter Adding, 1345 feet n^i inches = 410.2457 meters. II. FUNDAMENTAL EQUIVALENTS The fundamental unit of the metric system is the METER,...are simply related, eg, for all practical purposes i CUBIC DECIMETER equals i LITER and i LITER of water weighs i KILOGRAM. The metric tables are formed... | |
 | Weights and measures - 1915 - 854 pages
...Metric System In the International metric system the fundamental unit is the meter — the unit ol length. From this the units of capacity (liter) and...are simply related; eg, for all practical purposes 1 cubic decimeter equals 1 liter and 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram. The metric tables are formed... | |
 | Edward Vermilye Huntington, Louis Albert Fischer - Engineering - 1916 - 196 pages
...is the meter — the unit of length, from which the units of volume (liter) and of mass (gram) are derived. All other units are the decimal subdivisions...multiples of these. These three units are simply related: one cubic decimeter equals one liter, and one liter of water weighs one kilogram. The metric tables... | |
 | Lionel Simeon Marks - Mechanical engineering - 1916 - 1922 pages
...unit of length, from which the units of volume (liter) and of mass (gram) are derived. All other unite are the decimal subdivisions or multiples of these. These three units are simply related: one cubic decimeter equals one liter, and one liter of water weighs one kilogram. The metric tables... | |
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The metric tables are formed by combining the words " meter," " gram," and " liter " with the six numerical prefixes, as in the following tables... 
