From: Eugen Leitl (eugen@leitl.org)
Date: Tue Dec 09 2003 - 09:30:41 MST
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:42:16AM -0800, Tomaz Kristan wrote:
> The best possible way to define a kg would be something
"Best" without a metric is meaningless.
> like this: A hydrogen atom has a mass of 1 kg, at the
> "speed of light minus 0.0011322 meters per second".
How do you measure this? How do you relate this measurement
to the macroscale?
You can at least count the number of atoms in 12 g of
isotopically pure C-12.
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