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Decisions relating to the establishment of the SI
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Decisions relating to the establishment of the SI
Decisions relating to the base units of the SI
Decisions relating to SI derived and supplementary units
Decisions concerning terminology and the acceptance of units for use with the SI

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SI brochure, from Appendix 1


9th CGPM, 1948 decision to establish the SI
10th CGPM, 1954 decision on the first six base units
CIPM, 1956 decision to adopt the name "Système International d'Unités"
11th CGPM, 1960 confirms the name and the abbreviation "SI",
names prefixes from tera to pico,
established the supplementary units rad and sr,
lists some derived units
CIPM, 1969 declaration concerning base, supplementary, derived and coherent units, and the use of prefixes
CIPM, 2001 "SI units" and "units of the SI"



Note: For the official text, please refer to the PDF files available at:
  • http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_en.pdf (in English) and
  • http://www.bipm.org/utils/common/pdf/si_brochure_8_fr.pdf (in French).
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