Libra

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The third consists of three librae of vitriol, one of saltpetre, half a libra of asbestos, and half a libra of baked bricks.

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

To this copper is added eight centumpondia of poor argentiferous lead, each centumpondium of which contains an uncia and a drachma of silver, or a total of three-quarters of a libra of silver.

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

The alloy when cooled is again crushed to powder, one libra of which is absorbed by four pounds of molten silver.

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