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done muchto speed its adoption in these countries. 6. The standard meter. The standard length in the metricsystem is called the meter. It is the distance, at the freezingtemperature, between two transverse parallel lines ruled ona bar of platinum-iridium (Fig. 1), which is kept at theInternational… … Fig. 1. The standard meter of the distance from the equator to the north pole, measuredon the meridian of Paris. But since later measurements havethrown some doubt upon the exactness of the commissionsdetermination of this distance, we now define the meter, notas any particular fraction of the…
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