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The cubic inch and the cubic foot are used as units of volume in the United States, although the common SI units of volume, the liter, milliliter, and cubic meter, are also used, especially in manufacturing and high technology. One cubic inch is exactly 16.387 064 mL. One cubic foot is equal to exactly 1,728 cubic inches (28.316846592 L), as 12 ...
Wine was measured with units based on the wine gallon of 231 cubic inches (3.785 L), while beer was measured with units based on an ale gallon of 282 cubic inches (4.621 L) and grain was measured with the Winchester measure, with a gallon of approximately 268.8 cubic inches (one eighth of a Winchester bushel or 4.405 L). In 1824, these units ...
Conversions between units in the metric system are defined by their prefixes (for example, 1 kilogram = 1000 grams, 1 milligram = 0.001 grams) and are thus not listed in this article. Exceptions are made if the unit is commonly known by another name (for example, 1 micron = 10 −6 metre).
US spelling: cubic meter one kilolitre 1.0 m 3 (35 cu ft) cubic centimetre: cm3 cm 3: US spelling: cubic centimeter one millilitre 1.0 cm 3 (0.061 cu in) cc cc cubic millimetre: mm3 mm 3: US spelling: cubic millimeter: 1.0 mm 3 (6.1 × 10 −5 cu in) non-SI metric: kilolitre: kl kl US spelling: kiloliter one cubic metre 1.0 kl (35 cu ft) kL kL ...
The cubic inch, cubic foot and cubic yard are commonly used for measuring volume. In addition, there is one group of units for measuring volumes of liquids (based on the wine gallon and subdivisions of the fluid ounce), and one for measuring volumes of dry material, each with their own names and sub-units.
1713 12 Ann. c. 17 — The legal coal bushel to be round with a plain and even bottom, 19 + 1 ⁄ 2 inches from outside to outside and to hold 1 Winchester bushel and 1 quart of water. 1718 5 Geo. 1. c. 18 — Decreed Scots Pint to be exactly 103 in 3. 1803 43 Geo. 3. c. 151 — Referred to wine bottles making about 5 to the wine gallon (i.e ...
The quart (symbol: qt) [1] is a unit of volume equal to a quarter of a gallon. Three kinds of quarts are currently used: the liquid quart and dry quart of the US customary system and the imperial quart of the British imperial system. All are roughly equal to one liter. It is divided into two pints or (in the US) four cups. Historically, the ...
10 cubic decimeters: 9.08 dry quarts: 2.6417 gallons Liter: 1 liter: 1 cubic decimeter: 0.908 dry quarts: 1.0567 quarts Deciliter: 1 ⁄ 10 liter: 1 ⁄ 10 cubic decimeter: 6.1022 cubic inches: 0.843 gills Centiliter: 1 ⁄ 100 liter: 10 cubic centimeters: 0.6102 cubic inches: 0.338 fluid ounces Milliliter: 1 ⁄ 1000 liter: 1 cubic centimeter ...