• @not_woody_shaw@lemmy.world
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      51 month ago

      It’s a room made from platinum-iridium, and kept in a triple-locked vault at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.

      • cartoon meme dog
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        31 month ago

        unfortunately, opening the door changes the temperature, so in practice instruments are calibrated from copies of the room built at other metrology institutions around the world.