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From:	"Arkady V.Belousov" <ark AT belous DOT munic DOT msk DOT su>
Date:	Mon, 9 Apr 2001 00:57:23 +0400 (MSD)
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X-Comment-To: Alan S.

Hi!

8-сав-2001 05:24 as173 AT cornell DOT edu (Alan S.) wrote to opendos AT delorie DOT com:

>> Not very so. In 1889 on the I General conference was affirmed the 1
>> kilogramm as weight of 1 litre (1 dm^3) clear water at temperature of
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>> its most density. First weight etalon was implemented as platinum
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>> cylinder block at height and diameter of 39 cm. But later was find
>> out that prototype was implemented not too precise and litre become
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>> not equal to 1 dm^3 (but with 0,0028% error). This was corrected on
>> the XII General conference in 1964.
AS> "The unit of volume, the liter, was originally defined as 1 cubic
AS> decimeter (cdm3), but in 1901 it was redefined as the volume occupied by
AS> a kilogram of water at 4 C at 760 mm of mercury; in 1964 the original
AS> definition (cdm3) was restored."

     This looks slightly mad - kilogramm defined across of liter(-re), which
defined across kilogramm. :)

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