The standard meter and the standard kilogram

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  The standard meter and the standard kilogram
This is a bar of platinum-iridium alloy of X-shaped cross-section called standard meter and this is the International Standard of Length. 
The other thing is a cylinder of platinum-iridium called the standard kilogram and this is the International Standard of Mass.

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