International System of Units: References & Edit History

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Type Description Contributor Date
Modified link of Web site: Biology LibreTexts - The International System of Units. Oct 21, 2026
Add new Web site: National Center for Biotechnology Information - PubMed Central - The Current SI Seen From the Perspective of the Proposed New SI. May 23, 2026
Add new Web site: NIST Technical Series Publications - “What is The SI?” A Proposal for an Educational Adjunct to the Redefinition of the International System of Units (PDF). Sep 12, 2025
Add new Web site: CORE - Adapting the International System of Units to the 21st century (PDF). Dec 21, 2024
Add new Web site: The Royal Society of Chemistry - Analytical Methods - Revision of the International System of Units. Jul 25, 2024
Add new Web site: Open Oregon Educational Resources - LAB1.2 Measurements and Units. Nov 10, 2023
Add new Web site: International Electrotechnical Commission - History of the SI. Aug 17, 2023
Add new Web site: National Institute of Standards and Technology - SI Units. Mar 31, 2023
Corrected display issue. Mar 20, 2023
Add new Web site: Academia - A concise summary of the International System of Units. Jan 06, 2023
Add new Web site: Biology LibreTexts - The International System of Units. Oct 20, 2022
Changed “TheCGPM added” to “The CGPM added.” Jul 30, 2020
Article revised and updated. May 12, 2020
Media added. Apr 09, 2020
Media added. Mar 18, 2020
Article revised and updated. Nov 19, 2018
Add new Web site: American Public Health Association - American Journal of Public Health - The International System of Units (SI) in Historical Perspective (PDF). Sep 15, 2017
Material about the decision by the CPGM in 2011 to begin to redefine the mole, the kelvin, the ampere, and the kilogram added. Mar 29, 2013
Add new Web site: Convert Units - Measurement Unit Converter. Sep 13, 2010
Added new Web site: National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) - International System of Units (SI). Nov 07, 2006
Article revised. Apr 29, 2004
Article added to new online database. Jul 20, 1998
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