Keywords: Grave kilogram standard 1793.jpg Metric System Originally called the Grave the name was changed to kilogram in 1795 Therefore this is one of the first kilogram standards The prototype is in the collection of the NIST Museum US National Institute of Standards and Technology Bethesda Maryland USA date Downloaded 2013-01-17 from http //museum nist gov/object asp ObjID 21 Grave Room1 Weights and Measures NIST Virtual Museum website No copyright notice accompanied image http //www nist gov/public_affairs/disclaimer cfm Disclaimer on NIST site These World Wide Web pages are provided as a public service by the National Institute of Standards and Technology NIST With the exception of material marked as copyrighted information presented on these pages is considered public information and may be distributed or copied author PD-USGov Uploaded with UploadWizard Kilogram |