[email protected] wrote on 10/12/2009 04:23:11 PM: > From: > > "Chris Cheney" <[email protected]> > > To: > > Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> > > Date: > > 10/12/2009 04:31 PM > > Subject: > > Re: [time-nuts] unités & conventions internationales > > Sent by: > > [email protected] > > > While Britain and Europe may agree on the definition of "billion" > > FWIW Britain is part of Europe.
Hmm. The British may regard this as an actionable libel. > It would seem that Britain and > "continental Europe" don't agree on the meaning of "billion". > > Billion in the UK changed its meaning quite some time ago to accord with > the American usage (see > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales> - the 1974 timing > given there seems right IIRC). Interesting Wiki article. I didn't know the history. Thanks, Joe Gwinn _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
