Libra

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To one centumpondium of the alloy is added a bes or a libra and a third of the powder, according to whether it is more or less impure.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Et preter hoc tenet 3 acras pro libra cimini.

From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul

If there was a libra of silver, there must be six drachmae of lead.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Another is made of half a libra of brick dust, a third of a libra of rock salt, an uncia and a half of vitriol, and one uncia of saltpetre.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius

Then it is immediately dried and kept in a hot place, lest it turn into oil; and afterward when crushed, a libra of lead-ash is mixed with it.

From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius