Show what it Is a billion in the english system ot of numera tion a billion Is a million of millio nih and a trillion Is a million ot of billions billion in the french system which Is usuf causi ly followed in the tha united states state a thousand million Is called a billion i a thousand billion a trillion and so 0 o on oa situated as wo we are a british country adjoining the united states it to li but bul natural that both systems should be b in use here and this of course leads lad to contusion confusion the english system Is I 1 defended on the ground that it li Is at least as convenient and agrees the other does not with the etymon logical formation of the words word the th billion trillion quadrillion tto eta b be ins ing respectively the second third fourth etc powers of a Za million Illion la Is both systems the million Is 19 th the um |