The official 1948 resolution of the General Conference on Weights and Measures adopting the name newton and symbol N for the SI unit of force.
Facts
PublisherBureau International des Poids et Mesures (BIPM)
URLhttps://www.bipm.org/en/committees/cg/cgpm/9-1948/resolution-7
Source Typegovernment
Reliability Tier1
Official international standards-body resolution, the treaty organization that governs the SI itself. Sources
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