MONEY.
1 £. 25 francs 22 centimes, or about 25 francs.
1 s. 1 franc 26 centimes, "1¼ franc.
1 d. 10 centimes.
½ d. 5 centimes, or a 'sou.'
A franc is about 9½ d.100 francs = £4, nearly.
A milliard of francs (1,000,000,000) = £40,000,000, nearly.

ADDENDA.


Acetone, a′sē-tōn, n. one of a class of carbon compounds in many respects similar to the aldehydes; also called Ketone. [From Acetic.]

Acierate, as′i-ėr-āt, v.t. to turn into steel.—n. Ac′ierage, the process of electroplating a metal with iron or steel. [Fr. acier, steel, L. acies, edge.]

Adiabatic, ad-i-a-bat′ik, adj. (physics) neither losing nor gaining heat: impassable to heat. [Gr. a, not, dia, through, batos, passable.]