• @not_woody_shaw
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    23 hours ago

    It’s a room made from platinum-iridium, and kept in a triple-locked vault at the International Bureau of Weights and Measures in France.

    • @[email protected]
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      249 minutes ago

      unfortunately, opening the door changes the temperature, so in practice instruments are calibrated from copies of the room built at other metrology institutions around the world.