Actually the "d" is an abbreviation for "denarius" - the Latin word that roughly translates to "penny"..
-----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Pierre Abbat Sent: 12 May 2007 15:17 To: U.S. Metric Association Subject: [USMA:38661] RE: Reaction to the Telegraph On Saturday 12 May 2007 09:12, Nat Hager III wrote: > This sounds like solving the Schrödinger wave equation to calculate > electron orbitals! Are £123 6s 4d and £123 6s 8d separate spin states? Do > they follow Fermi exclusion principle? There's a "p" missing - because it wasn't invented yet. s is the shilling, p the new penny, d the old penny, and f the farthing. ;) Pierre
