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	Encyclopedia: Metre
		Although it was later determined that the first prototype metre bar was short by a fifth of a millimetre due to miscalculation of the flattening of the earth, this length became the standard.
		The Metre Convention (Convention du MÃ¨tre) of 1875 mandated the establishment of a permanent International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM: Bureau International des Poids et Mesures) to be located in SÃ¨vres, France.
		In 1893, the standard metre was first measured with an interferometer by Albert A. Michelson, the inventor of the device and an advocate of using some particular wavelength of light as a standard of distance.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Metre (2628 words)

	Metric Convention
		The Convention du Mètre, in English called the Metric Convention, Metrical Convention, Metre Convention, Convention of the Metre, or Treaty of the Meter, was signed in Paris on May 20, 1875 by 17 countries, including the US.
		All states which are represented at the international metre commission which met at Paris in 1872, whether they are contracting parties to the present convention or not, shall receive the prototypes that they may have ordered, which shall be delivered to them in the condition guaranteed by the said international commission.
		It shall be the duty of the international committee mentioned in Article 3 of the convention, and composed as provided in Article 8 of the regulations, to receive and compare the new prototypes one with the other, in accordance with the scientific decisions of the international commission of 1872, and of its permanent committee.
	lamar.colostate.edu /~hillger/laws/metric-convention.html (3578 words)

	Metre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The metre, symbol: m, is the basic unit of distance (or of "length", in the parlance of the physical sciences) in the International System of Units.
		A metre is defined as the length of the path travelled by light in an absolute vacuum during a time interval of exactly 1/299,792,458 of a second.
		The Convention du Mètre (Treaty of the Metre) of 1875 mandated the establishment of a permanent International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM: Bureau international des poids et mesures) to be located in Sèvres, France.
	www.usedaudiparts.com /search.php?title=Metre (1400 words)

	METRE FACTS AND INFORMATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The metre or (in American_English) meter (symbol: m) is the SI_base_unit of length.
		The Metre_Convention (Convention du MÃ¨tre) of 1875 mandated the establishment of a permanent International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM: Bureau_International_des_Poids_et_Mesures) to be located in SÃ¨vres, France.
		This organisation created a new prototype bar in 1889 at the first General Conference on Weights and Measures (CGPM: ConfÃ©rence_GÃ©nÃ©rale_des_Poids_et_Mesures), establishing the ''International Prototype Metre'' as the distance between two lines on a standard bar of an alloy of ninety percent platinum and ten percent iridium, measured at the melting point of ice.
	velocipay.com /metre (870 words)

	Department of Consumer and Employment Protection - Trade Measurement for Schools
		Following a meeting of 15 nations in Paris in 1870, the Metre Convention was signed in 1875 and this led to the establishment of a permanent international Bureau of Weights and Measures to maintain and improve the standards on which the units of the metric system are based.
		The original metric system made use of the metre, gram and second as base units, but in 1873 the centimetre was adopted as a base unit in place of the metre to define what is generally known as the CGS system.
		CGPM moved to establish a practical system of units of measurement suitable for adoption by all signatories of the Metre Convention in 1948 and this led to the adoption by the General Conference in 1960 of the International System of Units, with the abbreviation 'SI'.
	www.docep.wa.gov.au /trade_measurement/schools/schools.metrication.asp (527 words)

	National Measurement Institute - The Metre Convention and the international measurement system (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		In 1875, an international treaty, the Metre Convention, was signed by 17 nations that recognised the need for measurements to be uniform internationally.
		The Convention established the structure and processes through which we obtain world-wide uniformity in measurement, firstly through the use of a harmonised set of units of measurement, the International System of Units (SI), and secondly through recognised means of establishing physical standards that realise these units.
		Nevertheless it is important that the newly emerging national metrology institutes in the latter economies have an opportunity to compare their national standards for consistency with SI at the appropriate level of accuracy, and to increase the accuracy of their standards in step with the demands of technological development.
	www.measurement.gov.au /index.cfm?event=object.showContent&objectID=B46D5A20-BCD6-81AC-15D594E245D2893D (737 words)

	Pomembne_medn_org (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Convention defined the prototypes of metre as the unit of length and kilogram as the unit of mass.
		The Metre Convention finally introduced order in the field of metrology in Europe, and later also in the rest of the world.
		Operates within the framework of the Metre Convention as the highest consultative body for measurements in chemistry.
	www.usm.mzt.si /ENGLISH/SPLOSNO/Important_interpomembne_medn_org.htm (436 words)

	cpgm (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (General Conference on Weights and Measures or CGPM) is one of the three organizations established to maintain the SI system under the terms of the Metre Convention (1875).
		11th (1960) - metre redefined in terms of wavelengths of light.
		17th (1983) - metre redefined in terms of the speed of light, but keeps same length.
	www.yourencyclopedia.net /CPGM.html (336 words)

	BIPM - Metre Convention
		The Convention was signed in Paris in 1875 by representatives of seventeen nations.
		As well as founding the BIPM and laying down the way in which the activities of the BIPM should be financed and managed, the Metre Convention established a permanent organizational structure for member governments to act in common accord on all matters relating to units of measurement.
		The Convention, modified slightly in 1921, remains the basis of international agreement on units of measurement.
	www.bipm.org /en/convention (166 words)

	New Hot Paper Comment by Terry Quinn
		The definition of the metre is very simple: "The metre is the length of the path traveled by light in vacuum during a time interval of 1/299 792 458 of a second." While perfectly precise as a definition, it is not absolutely obvious how a practical measurement of length should be made.
		The BIPM is the executive body of the Metre Convention and has laboratories and offices at Sèvres in France.
		The Convention is an intergovernmental treaty to which all of the industrialized countries are signatories as well as an increasing number of developing countries.
	www.esi-topics.com /nhp/2004/november-04-TerryQuinn.html (567 words)

	what is metric
		The metric system was formally made international by the 1875 signing of the Convention du Mètre (Metre Convention), a diplomatic treaty between an initial 17 countries.
		The Metre Convention has also established the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (Bureau international des poids et mesures, BIPM) as an international centre for metrology in Sèvres near Paris.
		Thus geographic distances are in kilometres, smaller distances in metres, small objects are described in millimetres, hair breadths are measured in micrometres and wires on a silicon chip are in nanometres.
	www.ukma.org.uk /whatis (727 words)

	Science, civilization and society (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		One of the standard metres found in the streets of Paris.
		The subsequent physical embodiment of this metre, known as the international prototype metre, was the distance between two lines engraved on a platinum bar held at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in Paris.
		Germany adopted the metre in 1870 during the founding of the German Reich.
	www.incois.gov.in /Tutor/metre.html (288 words)

	measureSA.co.za newsletter (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		At the meeting held in Paris on 14 October 1999, the directors of the NMIs of thirty-eight Member States of the Metre Convention and representatives of two international organisations signed a Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA) for national measurement standards and for calibration and measurement certificates issued by national metrology institutes (MRA).
		These are based on the Metre Convention signed in 1875 and is centred on the BIPM with the CSIR-National Metrology Laboratory the South African custodian of the national measurement standards.
		With South Africa the only SADC country that is a member of the Metre Convention and that has signed the global MRA, we are well positioned to support other countries in the region in having access to internationally equivalent measurement standards.
	www.nml.csir.co.za /news/20010222 (2538 words)

	UK metric association
		While there is no doubt that the metric system originated in revolutionary France, the further development of the metric system has been an international effort especially since the signing of the Metre Convention.
		The Metre Convention (originally signed in 1875) oversees the further development of the international metric system (SI).
		BIPM, based at Sèvres near Paris, is jointly financed by the signatories of the Metre Convention (including the UK).
	www.ukma.org.uk /whatis/brits.htm (707 words)

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		The 210 square metre house of 31 year-old Faraj Jabir.
		The 140 square metre house was still under construction, with the eventual aim of housing 18 people.
		Such acts violate Article 33 of the 4th Geneva Convention of 1949, which stipulates “No protected person may be punished for an offence he or she has not personally committed.
	web.tiscali.it /balsam/i022.html (1615 words)

	Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) Gold Coast BRoadbeach
		The Arena and foyers can also be integrated with the Exhibition Hall to achieve 7,000 square metres of ground floor exhibition space catering for over 400 exhibition booths.
		Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre (GCCEC) is adjacent to Conrad Jupiters in Broadbeach and only three kilometres from Surfers Paradise.
		The Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre is situated on the corner of the next street, just after Jupiters Casino.
	www.goldcoastbroadbeach.com /gold_coast_convention_centre.htm (696 words)

	Hotel Travel News - Le Meridien Villon Resort Unveils Convention Centre (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Operating under its official new name of Le Méridien Villon Resort & Convention Centre, the facility is considered to be the premiere conference venue in the Baltic States and one of the largest, most modern facilities of its kind in Europe.
		Le Méridien Villon Resort and Convention Centre, positioned at the exact centre of Europe, is designed to cater to the growing demand for international events in Vilnius.
		The new, 10,000 square metre Convention Centre accommodates up to 3000 delegates and includes the Grand Opera Congress Hall, 21 meeting rooms, a library, dedicated reception area, business centre and a restaurant with a terrace overlooking the panoramic Villon Lake and forest.
	www.breakingtravelnews.com /article/20040309171726987 (499 words)

	Gold Coast Convention Centre Gold Coast Convention Exhibition Center
		The National Convention of the Australian Association of Men Barbershop Singers, - Chorus and Quartet Contests and Harmony Spectacular (concert on Saturday 8th October of National medal winners, including 2 visiting International champion quartets).
		The Gold Coast Barbershop Harmony Club Inc, known as the Blenders, was again victorious in the chorus competition at the last Convention in October 2003.
		The Gold Coast is 900km north of Sydney and is accessible by either the Pacific Highway or the inland New England Highway.
	www.queenslandgoldcoast.com /gold_coast_convention_centre.htm (1309 words)

	Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB)
		Metrology in Chemistry in the framework of the Metre Convention
		Since 1993 the field of chemical analysis is included in the international metrological infrastructure under the roof of the Metre Convention through the new Consultative Committee for Amount of Substance (Comité Consultatif pour la Quantité de Matière,
		CCQM's main tasks are to develop, test and apply primary methods of measurement in chemical analysis and to coordinate carefully selected key comparison measurements among national metrology institutes and national chemical institutes which aim at establishing international equivalence of national measurement standards for chemical analysis.
	www.ptb.de /en/org/3/31/metre_covention.html (92 words)

	Runabouts and Spacedocks
		When the runabout streaks through the hangar bay, its length is thus 96 metres, some 4 metres shorter than the hangar bay, as shown in figure 2.
		As far as she is concerned, her runabout is not moving at all and is at its full length of 120 metres.
		The tail of the runabout is really 96 metres behind its nose at all times, but during the approach we see the tail 96 + 144 (which is 240) metres behind the nose at all times.
	www.engr.mun.ca /~ggeorge/runabout/runabout.html (1781 words)

	NPL: History of the Length Measurement
		In 1875 the Metre Convention was signed by participating nations and the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM) was established just outside Paris.
		In 1889 a number of platinum-iridium metre bars were produced and one of these (number 6) replaced the Mètre des Archives to become the International Prototype Metre.
		Britain did not sign the Metre Convention until 1884 and even then was not willing to implement the clause that referred to the introduction of metric measures into signatory countries.
	www.npl.co.uk /about/history_length/page07.html (200 words)

	Philippine Institute for Development Studies (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		World wide agreement on units of measurement and practical provision of accurate measurement standards for all of these purposes is assured under the Meter Convention (Convention du Metre) through the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, (Bureau International des Poids et Mesure, BIPM) and the national metrology institutes of the industrialized nations.
		This law on one hand is intended to facilitate the development of scientific and technical knowledge and progress in the national economy by encouraging the standardization of units and standards of measurement as well as the modernization of the measurements and improvement in their accuracy.
		Meter Convention: Convention du Metre, the treaty signed in Paris on 20 May 1875 by seventeen States during the final session of the Diplomatic Conference of the Metre, and amended in 1921.
	erbl.pids.gov.ph /listbills.phtml?id=25 (3050 words)

	Chemistry International
		Two members of the commission were entrusted to "realize" the definition of the metre by measuring the distance from the pole to the equator.
		Thus, for example, the metre, defined in 1889 as the distance between two scratches on the prototype metre stick, was redefined in 1960 to be a multiple of the wavelength of the red krypton atomic line.
		The 1889 definition of the metre set the distance between the scratches on the metre stick, and the 1960 definition set the wavelength of the red krypton line.
	www.iupac.org /publications/ci/2002/2402/pscience.html (2077 words)

	The Province (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Russ Anthony, president of the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project Ltd., is overseeing the massive, $565-million expansion project.
		The stabilization and pile-driving work at Vancouver's new convention centre on the waterfront is yielding glimpses of the city's past.
		Existing Centre: The 32,000-square-metre convention centre will be renovated and linked to the new centre by a 90-metre connector to form an integrated centre.
	www.canada.com /vancouver/theprovince/news/money/story.html?id=e7be9088-725d-4f43-baca-69177efe0c4c (1008 words)

	Metre Encyclopedia Article, Definition, History, Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Find metre - Your relevant result is a click away!
		The metre, or meter (symbol: m) is the SI base unit of length.
		Adding SI prefixes to metre creates multiples and submultiples.
	www.variedtastes.com /encyclopedia/Metre (1034 words)

	National Measurement Institute - History of measurement in Australia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		Australia became a signatory to the Metre Convention (Convention du Mètre).
		In 1947 Australia signed the Metre Convention making metric units legal for use in Australia, and in 1970 passed the Metric Conversion Act with the aim of making the metric system the sole system of legal measurements in Australia.
		Australia signed the Metre Convention which made metric units legal for use in Australia.
	www.measurement.gov.au /index.cfm?event=object.showContent&objectID=C4E7F12C-BCD6-81AC-1F733492AF7B3121 (912 words)

	National Metrology Laboratory Test and Measurement Conference Special Edition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
		The CGPM resolution adopted welcomes and supports the participation of the Metre Convention in the activities of the JCDCMAS to the benefit of developing countries and economies.
		The value and benefits of the Metre Convention for Associates of the General Conference includes technical and economic benefits, participation in the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement (MRA), which is seen as an arrangement that gives equal opportunities to all.
		On the importance of the CIPM Mutual Recognition Arrangement, the committee noted the positive social and economic impact, including the lowering of costs in non-tariff barriers to trade that are expected to follow from adoption by regulators and legislators of the CIPM MRA.
	www.nml.csir.co.za /news/200311 (2731 words)

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