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|.
The Opus Majus (Latin for Greater Work) is the most important work of Roger Bacon, containing treatments of mathematics and optics, alchemy, and the positions and sizes of the celestial bodies.It was written in Medieval Latin, at the request of Pope Clement IV, to explain the work that Bacon had undertaken.is family appears to have been well-off, but, during the stormy reign of Henry III of England, their property was despoiled and several members of the family were driven into exile. Bacon studied at Oxford and may have been a disciple of Grosseteste. He became a master at Oxford, lecturing on Aristotle.