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Re:Everything is getting heavier by kevinh on Monday October 10, 2011 @06:19PM (#3096130)
Interesting article. I was under the impression that the kilogram was defined as the mass of one liter of water, but that appears to just be an approximation now.
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Re:Everything is getting heavier by Zaak on Monday October 10, 2011 @09:42PM (#3096690)
The problem with using water as a standard is that "water" isn't well defined when you're measuring to eight decimal places.
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