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Unit 3

Scientific and technical metrology

I Read and memorize the following words and word –
combinations:
transaction -- справа
commitment – зобов’язання
upkeep – збереження
venue – місце зустрічі
relative (to) – той, що має відношення (до)
to supervise – наглядати, управляти
to guide – вести, направляти
authority – влада
unbiased – неупереджений
assessment – оцінка
signatory – сторона, яка підписала документ
mutual – взаємний, сумісний
to deliver – доставляти
validity – законність, обгрунтування
to approve – одобрювати

II Read and translate the text.

Organization at the international level (the BIPM)
With the volume of commercial transactions expanding and with
science and techniques developing in the 18th century, the necessity
of making sure of the unity of measurements was powerfully felt by
the middle of the 19th century. Difficulties were caused by the use of
many of standards in commercial and cultural exchanges, and the
Convention of the Metre (20th May 1875) advocated a commitment to
found and maintain, on a common foundation, an establishment whose
initial aims would be:
– to make sure that the metric system was used worldwide, while
undertaking the realization and the upkeep of the (international)
materialized standards of the meter and the kilogram,

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