why is the abbreviation for pound is ...ILb?
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When - in the UK - we had proper money instead of the Monopoly money we had foisted on us at decimalization, the abbreviations for pounds, shillings and pence were £ s d.  £ is a sort of L, and stood for Libera, s was solidii, and d was denarii, all terms of Roman monetary unit, I believe.  But we also had lb, meaning a pound weight rather than a monetary pound, and the b was added to the L to denote the difference.
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because it's not abbreviated
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It's so that the person you are talking to knows what you are talking about.\n\nWhat would the alternative be? "Twelve and seven hundred and eighty-nine thousandths?" That's a bit cumbersome.\n\nThe decimal point *creates* a division between the numbers, so we need to replicate that division by saying "point." It just makes sense.
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ACTUALLY - everyone above is wrong.  The roman Emperor Julias Libacious coined the term during his reign, when he reintroduced new types of coins into their monetary system.  The coins were a stupid shape, and were referred to as "libs", and when they started to write the term, they further shortened the term to "lbs".  Because the 'libs' were heavy, the phrase "you're worth your weight in gold" was changed to "you're worth your weigh in libs" and there you go.
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it's an old welsh name.  the double L has a different sound from the single L in the welsh alphabet.
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The error is in the translation between Kg to Lb. I believe the source you are viewing is in error just like you found. \nThere are 2.2 lb to a kg, therefore the source you read is in error. \nHey! not always what is in script is accurate. That's why many Math/Engineering/Science text books have 2nd, 3rd, 4th editions. \nReaders like yourself write to the editor/author of the book and suggest corrections.\n\nI've taken a college class where the professor used his class to find the typo's in text books.
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The Latin word libra describes a Roman unit of weight similar to a pound, and the abbreviation “lb” for the unit of weight and the signs £ and ₤ (crossed-out Ls) for the currency derived from this. The word “pound” comes from the Latin pendere, “to weigh”; Latin libra means “scales, balances”.
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1 pound = 0.45359237 kilogram\n\nUse the link below to get other conversions!
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no it's wrong, \n\n1024 bit = 1 Kibibit (Kib), not 1 kilobit (Kb)\n1024 byte = 1 KibiByte (KiB), not 1 KiloByte (KB)\n\nThere is a new standard that the SI prefixes of Kilo, Mega, etc is returned to 1000 even for bit and byte counting, while a new prefixes, which is kibi, Mebi, Gibi, , etc is assigned for 1024 prefixes. These new prefixes is to avoid confusion that is happening between harddisk manufacturer that obey SI values (1000) and other hardware and software manufacturer that want to ease themself by using 1024, which is relatively easier to count for a PC than 1000. \n\nNote: Harddisk manufacturer originally sells harddisk in the usual SI values since that is for marketing purposes since if for example a 10GB harddisk, is actually 9,7 GiB. If they uses the 1024 values, their harddisk capacity would seems to be smaller.
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The symbol above is a Pound from England.  The elaborate L stands for the abbreviation of lb. (libra - pound)\n\nThe Australian dollar (currency code AUD) has been, since 1966, the currency of the Commonwealth of Australia, including the Australian Antarctic Territory, Christmas Island, Cocos (Keeling) Islands, Heard Island and McDonald Islands and Norfolk Island, as well as the independent Pacific Island states of Kiribati, Nauru and Tuvalu. It is normally abbreviated with the dollar sign $ or alternatively A$ to distinguish it from other dollar-denominated currencies. It is sometimes affectionately called the "Aussie battler"—during a low period (relative to the US dollar) around 2001 and 2002 the currency was sometimes locally called the "Pacific Peso". It is divided into 100 cents. All previous issues of Australian coins and banknotes, including Pounds, shillings and pence are still legal tender.\n\nThe Australian dollar is currently the sixth-most-traded currency in world foreign exchange markets (behind the US dollar, the yen, the euro, the British pound and the Canadian dollar), accounting for approximately 4-5% of worldwide foreign exchange transactions. The Australian dollar is popular with currency traders due to the relative lack of government intervention in the foreign exchange market, the general stability of the economy and government as well as the prevailing view that it offers diversification benefits in a portfolio containing the major world currencies (especially because of its greater exposure to Asian economies and the commodities cycle).
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The origin is in the Latin word libra, which could mean both balance scales (hence the symbol for the astrological sign Libra, which was named after a constellation that was thought to resemble scales) and also a pound weight, for which the full expression was libra pondo, the second word being the origin of our pound.
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I had a section of this taught to me in 10th grade and it still confuses me sometimes.  Anyway, the correct answer is Jacobses, even though it looks lengthly.  A lot of times people get engraved things written down wrong.
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From what I understand, "British Isles" refers to the geographic area. You may have it confused with Great Britain. I can't speak for the address verification folks.
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The abbreviation "lbs." certainly seems like a strange way to write "pounds," until you consider the origin of the word. Like many terms used in science, the word "pound" has a Latin background. It comes from "libra pondo," the Latin expression for a "pound of weight." The English word "pound" comes from "pondo," and the abbreviation "lb." comes from "libra." When you are referring to more than one pound, an "s" is added to the abbreviation to make it plural, so it becomes "lbs."
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It is 'B'. But I don't understand why you put up this question under 'Physics'!
533783
B stands for Beatrice. If u r talking about Jessica Beatrice Macgill Fletcher the famous writer.
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It is Pound Sterling (£)\n\nGood Luck!!