Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?

[Chuck Norcutt]

 From the table I concluded that sextillion is only used in the short scale.

Chuck Norcutt


Piers Hemy wrote:
> ... nor do *I* know whether that is sextillion ton[ne]s by the long (10^36)
> or short (10^21) scale.
> 
> I wonder what is the resulting range of possible answers?
> 
> Piers 
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chuck Norcutt [mailto:chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> Sent: 13 November 2009 11:22
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> Subject: Re: [OM] ( OM ) OT; China - a shift in global power?
> 
> I noted the term "sextillion" at the bottom of the table in the link below.
> That called to mind a little factoid I've carried in my head for years and
> years and the only time I've heard "sextillion" in usage... 
> the weight of the earth is six sextillion tons.
> 
> Now I don't know whose version of "ton" is meant here...  :-)
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> 
> SwissPace wrote:
>> I believe the american trillion like the billion differs from what 
>> europe thinks it means
>>
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_and_short_scales
>>
>> so maybe 347 trillion is not so far from 2 trillion.
>>
>>
>>
>>
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