> Of Joseph B. Reid >The metric system is not controlled by a French committee but by the >Conf�rence G�n�rale des Poids et Mesures (CCPM) which meets every 4 >years. The more immediate control of the metric system is by the >Comit� International des Poids et Mesures. I believe that Canada is >represented on both bodies.
Indeed. The director of the BIPM is Terry Quinn, a British person. Here is an article on the mentioning kilogram and water by Professor Ian Mills, another British person in the SI loop. www.iupac.org/publications/ci/2002/2402/pscience.html
