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[...] preceder [?]. Item lon doit savoir que ung million vault
mille milliers de unitez, et ung byllion vault mille
milliers de millions, et [ung] tryllion vault mille milliers
de byllions, et ung quadrillion vault mille milliers de
tryllions et ainsi des aultres : Et de ce en est pose ung
exemple nombre divise et punctoye ainsi que devant est
dit, tout lequel nombre monte 745324 tryllions
804300 byllions 700023 millions 654321.
Exemple : 745324'8043000'700023'654321. »

D'après http://www.miakinen.net/vrac/nombres.

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likewise: one should know that a million is worth a thousand thousand units, and a byllion is worth a thousand thousand millions, and tryillion is worth a thousand thousand byllions, and a quadrillion is worth a thousand thousand tryllions, and so on for the others. And an example of this follows, a number divided up and punctuated as previously described, the whole number being seven hundred forty-five thousand three hundred and twenty-four tryllions, 804300 byllions 700023 millions 654321 ...
Description Page where Chuquet first describes the naming method for "zillions".
Date circa 1470
date QS:P,+1470-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
? unpublished manuscript.
Source http://www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk/history/Mathematicians/Chuquet.html
Author Nicolas Chuquet (1445 - 1488)
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