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Show H What Is a Dllllon? H In tho Engllah systom of numora- H tlon, a billion 13 a million of millions, H and n trillion is a million of billions. H In,, tho French system, which is usual- H lyt followed In tho United States, a H thousand million Is called a billion, a H thousand billion n trillion, and so on. H Situated as wo nro, n British country H adjoining tho United States, It is but H natural that both systems should bo H In uso hero, and this, of .course, leads H to confusion. Tho English system 1b H dofended on tho ground that It Is at4 H least as convenient and agrees (.which H tho other does not) with tho etymo- H logical formation of tho words the H hllllon, trillion, quadrillion, etc., bo- m Ing respectively tho second, third, H fourth, etc., powers of a million. In H both systems tho million (s tho same. |