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Show WEIGHTS AND MEASUflCS. They Are a ltatleata lhal lh.y lla.e U He Caeefulljr I'roletteil. Tin culliKtlon uf tlnnilnnl wclglila ami lurniurra prompt lu Iho nrriruu( liulljluuf Hi. couit ninl ircuktlo tuf fry In WulilnKtou It dounbed liy n corntjiotitlciit. Many ot tlioui nra uuw of ptmly tiUUiricnl Intcrtwt, tlio tuoro rvcent one. only bolng nccrptcil M af aolulottniiJanlV. Arnonit llio wcljjliti oro His rnnlrr once critflually itwl In Uilt counlry ru tUintlanJ. Tliroo re of rticrlnl Inlcmt. One, which It Hourly rllnlrlral In llm-, with n (light grooto uronul 111 upiicr (Ntrt, U known m tlio cllt pound, ntnl It repivwiiU tlio llrllltlt milt of weight. "Tlio couiiiilttoo klloirraniino" Ita lmu. wi Ulit, and U ouo of n number mndo At tlio antiio timet under Iho cliargo ot tlio J'rrnch couiitiltteo tlmt nenr tlio cmt of Ilia latt ctiittirr ntAbliilicHl Iho ! original tuvtrlo standard, of mevituiV' j tiienL lie truo welk'lit wi within onc-luilf mllllit-raui at the furtliat. It liar b Indtr fitly thrvu tnllllniitrn In illnmo-tir, illnmo-tir, tlio liohjht Ixlna; nunl to tint ill. amctcr. TtiocoiuuilltoaliO'laiKVuHnr ktnmp, which contUted of an ccIIim tupoml torrpmrnt a'lueridtan ec-Hon ec-Hon of thoenrtli, with thrro cuadrnnU ! tliailM, and with tlio flifum 0,W),W) iiiArketl whlihi tho unitmdetl qtudriuit Hour Hi outer perimeter, Tlutrtauip la linprcivd on the bollom of tlio kilo-Rram. kilo-Rram. Tho mctil now ho lulnuto holca. A weight known oa lh Arngo platinum plati-num kllosrntn li cjlllijrlc.il hi lhajn AlUrt UAllatlu, when uihiUter to 1'mura hi 18.'!, procuml It, In lb? It wni coniiam with tlio ptaUnum Mlu-Brain, Mlu-Brain, ami Hi rpcclllo grailty wai tld-tennhicl tld-tennhicl hjr Cliunejr. In lSIIItwat taken to l'arli for coinparlaoii with tlio Inti rnallonal standard. Tho national protoljpo Kllocnm 11 kept undiruRinti rate. It wat eon. ttructnl hy tho eoHmtliu of tho prlnclul Koreminenti of tlio worl I rm npruacntod by dohuaUi nt a coneu-Hon coneu-Hon In I'nrU In It 7'.'. Tliottondinl luctirt nnd klloirronn iwtabllthed by them wiru nproduosl und ili.trtlutcl by them hi Jtoj'J. Tlio npnalucllont aro Urnml nitlonnl prototyiMi. 1'ortho prmeriatluiiof the original Intenintlonnlprotolyieaniubterraiiiun vault hai been pro Idnl In l'arli to protect pro-tect theui from nechlcnt nml ngnlmt any Hidden or great chango In tho torn-pcratura torn-pcratura that mlglit uiiiMinilinngo hi tho molecular itnietumot tho utelal. Threo dilTireut key to tho lot lit of tho atiltarouudtr Iho cluirgo ot threo In-dJildualt, In-dJildualt, ThoAiuerlemi national pro-tolipr. pro-tolipr. nro proteri rl with tluill ir ro-catitlom ro-catitlom In Wathttigton. Tho kilogram It of ttandanl alloy of 03 ptr nut. plathiuin und 10 ir eint. Iridium, wllh n toleruuco of 3 ier f.ut. In tsccu of ilefleleney Thoform W Hint of a. cj Under, with UKhtly roitmloil cilgee, lu height being ccpta! to lUdlnmetir. Tho uutlnntil protolypo uictirUof the tamo alloy ru tho kilogram. kilo-gram. Tho bar J.03 m. long. Tho cenmonyof breaking thereat, of thoprototjiM meter und kilogram took place In tlioWltltollouw In tho pnwenoo of rntldentlhirrlMin, rkrro-tary rkrro-tary Illalne, Hecnlnry Wlndoin iiutl a ilUthiguhhctl ciimiiany Jan. II, 1MU. Thu apnrtiurtita w i ro npn tx ulc-t by ottlclal. whuttguetla inemorlid lo tho ellect tint they had wltnutcd tho ecru-mony. ecru-mony. The ttandanl jard, aa supplied by tho goiernmeiit to tho states, rontl-tt of a anl pror nnd nlimplato that protects tho tennlml twlnta. |
