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|.
Below listed some of the basic laws that lay down the foundation for the study of chemistry. Dalton's Atomic Theory - This is a set of fundamental rules about the nature of atoms of which all other rules are based on. It was put forth by John Dalton (1766-1844), an English scientist. (1) Matter consists of definite particles called atoms.