Hi, everyone,
Friday, 2016-05-20 is World Metrology Day and this year the theme is
‘Measurements in a Dynamic World’.
There is an official website <http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/> co-sponsored
by the BIPM and the International Organisation for Legal Metrology. They have a
poster <http://www.worldmetrologyday.org/posters.html> showing some dynamic
high-tech items: the Large Hadron Collider, the International Space Station, a
high-speed train, a rocket and two supersonic aircraft. The poster can be
downloaded in several of the international A-series paper sizes and a number of
languages including English.
On the NIST <http://www.nist.gov/> website there is no mention of the
anniversary yet,(at the time of writing this it’s not Friday in the US yet,)
but some other organisations celebrate the day:
• The National Physical Laboratory <http://www.npl.co.uk/world-metrology-day/>
in Britain has a great feature with some amazing pictures.
• Australia’s National Measurement Institute
<http://www.measurement.gov.au/measurementsystem/Pages/WorldMetrologyDay.aspx>
offers a prize for Australian metrologists.
World Metrology Day also marks 141 years since the Metre Convention
<http://www.bipm.org/en/worldwide-metrology/metre-convention/> was signed, and
the US remains the only signatory where the metric system is not in everyday
use. :(
Why not celebrate by measuring out a glass or two of beer tonight?!
Originally posted on Reddit:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4k4rwe/friday_20_may_is_world_metrology_day_141_years/
<https://www.reddit.com/r/Metric/comments/4k4rwe/friday_20_may_is_world_metrology_day_141_years/>
Best wishes from a metric Australia,
Peter Goodyear
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