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Scientific American, Vol. 93, No. 23 (1905) (1905)

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way a connection is made between active progress. the national standards which are metric and those of The first function of the bureau is to care for the Silbermann Kilogramme. ordinary use. While the standards of weights and national standards, and arrange for their comparison measures for the… … weighing and measuring of two owned by _ the appliances of the _ trades- United States, and is made Standards. people. Thus a compari- of platinum-iridium, being son is made with the offi- of cylindrical shape. It is cial measures and weights, preserved under two glass so that on the vigilance of…

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