Resolution of the 3rd CGPM (1901)

The Conference declares

1. The kilogram is the unit of mass; it is equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram;
2. The word "weight" denotes a quantity of the same nature as a "force": the weight of a body is the product of its mass and the acceleration due to gravity; in particular, the standard weight of a body is the product of its mass and the standard acceleration due to gravity;
3. The value adopted in the International Service of Weights and Measures for the standard acceleration due to gravity is 980.665 cm/s², value already stated in the laws of some countries.

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