NIST publishes 2001 Edition of SP 330 - News Briefs - Brief Article

Journal of Research of the National Institute of Standards and Technology, Jan, 2002

The 2001 Edition of NIST Special Publication 330, The International System of Units (SI), is now available. SP 330 is the U.S. version of the English text of the seventh edition (the most recent) of the definitive international reference on the SI, the modem metric system, published in 1998 by the International Bureau of Weights and Measures (BIPM). The 2001 Edition of SP 330 also incorporates Supplement 2000: Additions and Corrections to the 7th Edition published by the BIPM in June 2000.

The main body of NIST SP 330 gives the essentials of the current form of the SI. However, Appendix 1 provides the resolutions, recommendations, and declarations put forward on units of measurement and on the SI since 1889 by the General Conference on Weights and Measures and the International Committee for Weights and Measures. Further, Appendix 2 summarizes the current state of the practical realization of some important SI units. Appendix 3 gives a brief description of the governing bodies established by the Meter Convention, which was signed in Paris on May 20, 1875, by 17 nations including the United States.

Single copies of NIST SP 330 may be obtained from the NIST Metric Program, (301) 975-3690; email: metric_prg@nist.gov. NIST SP 330 is also available online at http://physics.nist.gov/cuu.> CONTACT: Barry Taylor, (301) 975-4220; barry.taylor@nist.gov.