I'm pretty sure that the 'British' billion was 1,000,000,000,000 (ie a million million) whereas the US one that has now been adopted is 1,000,000,000 (a thousand million).
reasoning based on a few basic truths by using deductive reasoning based on a few basic truths by using deductive reasoning based on empirical evidence. Sir Francis Bacon believe basic laws of science should be determined by using deductive reasoning based on empirical evidence. Expert answered| imYoung |Points 346|.
Francis Bacon and Science We Have The Technology. Bacon produced a large body of scientific work. His science produced no world-changing results, but his guidelines for how science should be carried out did. It was obvious to Bacon that Europe in the early 1600s enjoyed significantly better technology than the classical world had.