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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 47. Chapters: Litre, Tablespoon, Ton, Gallon, Teaspoon, Hogshead, Peck, Lambda, Barrel, History of measurement, Pint, Cup, Hobbit, Akhmim wooden tablets, Finger tip unit, Man-hour, Fluid ounce, Cord, Cubic metre, Bushel, Quart, Hekat, Romanian units of measurement, Mass, Board foot, Dry measure, Cavan, Standard drink, Measuring cup, Cubic inch, Cubic foot, Cubic ton, Gill, Koku, Drop, Omer, Congius, Tun, Dram, Minim, Masu, Acre-foot, Stere, Firkin, Cotyla, Seer, Puncheon, Hoppus, Oka, G, Toise, Coomb, Almud, Cubic yard, Tmcft, Minot, Ephah, Mutchkin, Cubic mile, Wine gallon, Butt, Ke'zayit, English units of wine casks, Malay units of measurement, Chopin, Amphora, Firlot, Patiala Peg, Almude, Adowlie, Measuring spoon, Kile, Canada, Garce, Joug, Puddee, Kilderkin, Cullishigay, English units of brewery casks, Ser, Seah, Pau, Chungah, Wey, Petrograd Standard, Acetabulum, Homer, Femtolitre, Kenning, Metretes, Chalder. Excerpt: The litre (or liter - see spelling differences) is a unit of volume equal to 1 cubic decimetre (dm), to 1,000 cubic centimetres (cm), and to 1/1,000 cubic metre. The unit has two official symbols: the Latin letter L in lower and upper case (l and L). If the lower case L is used, it is sometimes rendered as a cursive to help distinguish it from the capital "I," although this usage has no official approval by any international bureau. The word litre is derived from an older French unit, the litron, whose name came from Greek via Latin. The original French metric system used the litre as a base unit, and it has been used in several subsequent versions of the metric system and is accepted for use with the SI, although not an official SI unit - the SI unit of volume is the cubic metre (m). The spelling of the word used by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures is "litre" and this is also the usual one in ..
