Conference diplomatique du Mètre

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Conference diplomatique du Mètre

...That is, the establishment of a permanent committee in the International Metre Committee, the French section, which is the French organization for the Metre Committee, with the cooperation of this permanent committee, to create the international prototype of the metric system and the prototype for each country, to establish the International Bureau of Weights and Measures to maintain the specifications and the international prototype, and to encourage each country to conclude the necessary treaties for this purpose. The permanent committee was established and began its activities, but in response to the request to convene an international conference regarding the cost of producing the prototype and the enormous amount of comparative measurements, the French government convened the Conférence diplomatique du Mètre in March 1875. Twenty countries participated in the conference, and on May 20, the final day of the conference, the Metre Convention was signed in Paris, and came into effect early the following year. ...

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Japanese:

…すなわち,国際メートル委員会に常置委員会を設けること,メートル委員会のためのフランスの組織であるフランス部会が,この常置委員会の協力を得てメートル法の国際原器と各国用の原器を作ることおよび原器の仕様,国際原器を維持する国際度量衡局を設立すること,またそのために必要な条約を締結するよう各国に働きかけることなどである。その常置委員会が設けられ,活動を開始したが,原器の製作費用と膨大な比較測定の実施に関して国際会議を招集するよう要請したため,フランス政府は75年3月にメートル法外交官会議Conférence diplomatique du Mètreを招集した。その会議には20ヵ国が参加したが,会議最終日の5月20日,パリにおいてメートル条約が調印され,翌年初めに発効した。…

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