History of Density/Talk

	Revision 5 . . September 13, 2001 1:21 am by Mike Dill [what i think the definition is based on]
	Revision 4 . . (edit) September 12, 2001 10:14 pm by Drj [standard kilogram]

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I believe that the metere was originally defined to be 1x10<sup>-6</sub> of the distance from the equator to the north pole via a line that went through Paris, this was mesured incorrectly at the time, so the distance is somewhat different. The other units as far as I know are based on that. The kilogram was originally based on a cubic decimeter of water, but that is much too variable to be used as a reference.-- mike dill