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.]