The D.I. Mendeleev All-Russian Institute for Metrology (VNIIM) news

Dr. Richard Davis, Head of the Mass Section of the International Bureau of Weights and Measures, visited VNIIM on 7 and 8 June, 2005 to get aquainted with the work of our Institute of Metrology and give lectures on the subjects of "Maintenance of the mass standard at the BIPM" and "Possible transition to a new definition of the kilogram on the basis of fundamental physical constants".