Informational Upcoming vote on the kilogram - November 2018

[John Broomfield]

Next week, leading figures in the field are set to make history. At the general conference on weights and measures in Versailles, representatives from 57 nations will vote for change. And so the kilogram, the only metric unit still based on a solitary object, will be reborn. Henceforth, the kilogram will be derived from a fundamental constant, a number that is woven into the fabric of the universe.

In the balance: scientists vote on first change to kilogram in a century

 

[John Broomfield]

And here’s an interesting commentary on the metric system:

https://unherd.com/2018/11/globalisations-mistaken-rule/

It’s wrong however in at least one way.

 

[Golfman25]

So am I going to gain or loose weight?

 

[John Broomfield]

For the answer to that question you’d have to study this:

Physics has demoted mass.

An interesting discussion.

 

[Wesley Richardson]

The International definition of the kilogram has now changed. https :// www. npr.org/…/say-au-revoir-to-that-hunk-of-metal-i… - OBSOLETE BROKEN 404 LINK(s) UNLINKED - PLEASE HELP - REPORT POSTS WITH BROKEN LINKS

 

[Wesley Richardson]

The Kibble balance is now used for mass definition. https://www.nist.gov/si-redefinition/kilogram-kibble-balance