atw: Re: I just googlewhacked with antineologist
- From: James Hunt <jameshunt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: austechwriter@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Thu, 24 Feb 2005 22:15:38 +1000
The term "googol" had a brief vogue in mathematical circles a few
decades back. (10 to the power 100.) No, the inventor was not a
Russian.
> 'Petrol' and 'Kerosene' came into Australian English
> as trademarked product names early last century, and they stayed. The
> UK uses 'parrafin' for kerosene and the US uses 'gasoline' for petrol.
I have a recollection that chemists prefer "kerosine" (OD alternative),
on the grounds that the -ene suffix is used for a range of pure organic
compounds (methylene, ethylene, propylene, ...) and kerosine is a
mixture.
James Hunt
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