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Notes:
SI system adopted in 1954.
1 second = time for 9 192 631 770 oscillations of Cs-133 excitation band radiation
1 meter = distance light travels in 1/299 792 458 of a second
1 kilogram = weight of a standard Pt/Ir cylinder
(US copy in Gaithersburg); (still artifact-based unit)
We’ll add moles to this list later.
