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When is a kilogram not a kilogram?

January 7, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The standard kilogram is not simply a number. It’s an object; a 130-year-old cylinder of platinum and iridium that weighs exactly one kilogram, has 40 replicas, and is stored in […]

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