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|.
1 The idea that all such knowledge ultimately must come from observation is called empiricism. 2  Bacon suggested that by making repeated, careful observations of physical phenomena, eventually one would be able to perceive the regularities -- what leads to what, under what conditions.