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Metric system. --- Métre. --- Standards of length. --- Standards of mass. --- Thermometers. --- International Bureau of Weights and Measures.

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Weights and measures --- Poids et mesures --- Appareils et instruments scientifiques. --- Mesure. --- International Bureau of Weights and Measures. --- Bureau international des poids et mesures.

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The International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) is currently implementing the greatest change ever in the world's system of weights and measures -- it is redefining the kilogram, the final artefact standard, and reorganizing the system of international units. This book tells the inside story of what led to these changes, from the events surrounding the founding of the BIPM in 1875 -- a landmark in the history of international cooperation -- to the present. It traces not only the evolution of the science, but also the story of the key individuals and events. The BIPM was the first inter

Metric system. --- International metric system --- International system of units --- SI (Weights and measures) --- SI-metric --- Weights and measures --- International Bureau of Weights and Measures. --- Bureau international des poids et mesures, Paris --- Bureau international des poids et mesures --- BIPM --- Comité international des poids et mesures.