WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF.
\wˈe͡ɪts and mˈɛʒəz], \wˈeɪts and mˈɛʒəz], \w_ˈeɪ_t_s a_n_d m_ˈɛ_ʒ_ə_z]\
Definitions of WEIGHTS AND MEASURES, INTERNATIONAL BUREAU OF.
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To secure international uniformity and precision in standards of weight and measure an international bureau was established at Paris by a convention concluded May 20, 1875, between the United States, Germany, Austro-Hungary, Belgium, Brazil, the Argentine Confederation, Denmark, Spain, France, Italy, Peru, Portugal, Russia, Sweden and Norway, Switzerland, Turkey and Venezuela.
By John Franklin Jameson
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