[F1CHAPTER IV U.K. LEGAL UNITS OF MEASUREMENT REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE I (d), PERMITTED IN SPECIALIZED FIELDS ONLY
Field of application | Unit | |||
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Name | Approximate value | Symbol | ||
Marine navigation | fathom | 1 fm = | 1,829 m | fm |
Beer, cider, waters, lemonades and fruit juices in returnable containers | pint | 1 pt = | 0,5683 × 10 -3 m 3 | pt |
fluid ounce | 1 fl oz = | 28,41 × 10 -6 m 3 | fl. oz | |
Spirit drinks | gill | 1 gill = | 0,142 × 10 -3 m 3 | gill |
Goods sold loose in bulk | ounce (avoir dupois) | 1 oz = | 28,35 × 10 -3 kg | oz |
pound | 1 lb = | 0,4536 kg | lb | |
Gas supply | therm | 1 therm = | 105,506 × 10 6 J | therm |
Until the date to be fixed under Article 1 (d), the units listed in this Chapter may be combined with each other or with those in Chapter I to form compound units.]