Engineering Fundamentals: An Introduction to Engineering, 4th ed.c

182 Chapter 7 Length and Length-Related Parameters

TABLE 7.6 Units of Volume and their Equivalent Values*

Volume Units in Increasing

Capacity Order Equivalent Value

1 milliliter 1/1000 liter

1 teaspoon (tsp) 4.928 milliliter

1 tablespoon (tbsp) 3 tsp

1 fluid ounce 2 tbsp 1/1000 ft

3

1 cup 8 ounces 16 tbsp

1 pint 16 ounces 2 cups

1 quart 2 pints

1 liter 1000 cm

3

4.2 cups

1 gallon 4 quarts

1 cubic foot 7.4805 gallons

1 cubic meter 1000 liters 264 gallons 35.3 ft

3

* 1 milliliter 1 teaspoon 1 tablespoon 1 fluid ounce 1 cup 1 pint

1 quart 1 liter 1 gallon 1 cubic foot 1 cubic meter.

NASA Astronauts training

in the Underwater Neutral

Buoyancy Simulator to

prepare for the in-orbit

Hubbell Space Telescope

repair.

Source:NASA (Marshall Space

Flight Center)

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