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MSL scientist Tom Stewart

MSL scientist with a standard kilogram and electronic devices

Beside MSL scientist Tom Stewart’s left hand sits one of MSL’s standard kilograms. By his right hand sits electronic devices to measure resistance (quantum Hall effect shown in the insert on the left) and induced voltage (NIST Josephson junction array shown in the insert on the right).

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