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Resolution 2 of the 17th CGPM (1983)
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On the realization of the definition of the metre*

    The 17th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures

    invites the Comité International des Poids et Mesures

  • to draw up instructions for the practical realization of the new definition of the metre,
  • to choose radiations which can be recommended as standards of wavelength for the interferometric measurement of length and to draw up instructions for their use,
  • to pursue studies undertaken to improve these standards.

Reference:
Comptes Rendus de la 17e CGPM (1983), 1984, p.98
Metrologia, 1984, 20(1), 25-30

Note:

See Recommendation 1 (CI-2002) of the CIPM on the revision of the practical realization of the definition of the metre.

The reader should note that the official version of this Resolution is the French text.
 
Other Resolutions of the 17th CGPM (1983)
Resolution 1
Resolution 2
Resolution 3
Resolution 4
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