Resolution 6 of the 10th CGPM (1954)

Practical system of units

In accordance with the wish expressed by the 9th Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures (CGPM) in its Resolution 6 concerning the establishment of a practical system of units of measurement for international use, the 10th CGPM

decides to adopt as base units of the system the following units:

length	metre
mass	kilogram
time	second
electric current	ampere
thermodynamic temperature	degree Kelvin
luminous intensity	candela

DOI : 10.59161/CGPM1954RES6E

reference

Proceedings of the 10th CGPM (1954), 1956, p80

The reader should note that the official version of this Resolution is the French text

NOTE

The unit name "degree Kelvin" was changed to "kelvin" in 1967 (13th CGPM, Resolution 3).