A Day at the BIPM

October 27, 2020 Office

by Richard Fertell Volume 16:3, Jul-Sep 2009 The Meter Convention (Convention du Mètre) is a treaty signed in 1875 that created the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM), an international organization under the authority […]

The Acropolis Width and Ancient Geodesy

October 27, 2020 Office

by Nicholas Kollerstrom Volume 12:4, Oct-Dec 2005 “Was the Earth measured in remote antiquity?” This was the stirring question with which Berriman opened his book, Ancient Metrology. [1] To be sure, the question had earlier […]

Sources of Uncertainty in Standard Resistors

October 27, 2020 Office

by Jeff Gust Volume 7:5, Sep-Oct 2000 As metrologists are acutely aware, when one transfers a measured value such as resistance, they also transfer a measurement uncertainty that is associated with the calibration of the […]

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