This is obviously the right thing.
Still, I can't help lamenting it. There was something delightfully baroque about knowing that the kilogram was in a vault in France. I'm going to miss it.
Still, I can't help lamenting it. There was something delightfully baroque about knowing that the kilogram was in a vault in France. I'm going to miss it.
I'm sure most people know, but the mass of the official kilo actually drifted by tens of micrograms since it was made. When you're talking about very large weights, that can be an enormous difference!