Today is
World Metrology Day! WMD (?!) celebrates the signature by representatives of seventeen nations of the Metre Convention on 20 May 1875. The Convention set the framework for global collaboration in the science of measurement and in its industrial, commercial and societal application. The original aim of the Metre Convention - the worldwide uniformity of measurement - remains as important today as it was in 1875. The theme for this year's event is "Measurements in Daily Life." As luck has it, we're working on a measurement unit so there is a perfect tie-in. Believe it or not, there are
careers in the science of weights and measures!
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