[Ads-l] Antedating of "Billion"

Shapiro, Fred fred.shapiro at YALE.EDU
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billion (OED, 2., 1834)

1814 Peter Barlow _A New Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary_ s.v. _billion_

The French mathematicians understanding billion to mean thousands of millions.

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