Libra

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In the exhausted liquation cakes there remain a third of a libra and a semi-uncia of silver.

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

When cooled and crushed, it is washed, then to it is added a libra of silver, a third of copper filings, a sixth of litharge, and it is likewise heated again until it melts.

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

Each centumpondium of lead, when it has been liquated from the copper, contains a sixth of a libra and a semi-uncia and a drachma of silver.

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

The gold solidus of the German system originally weighed less than the Frankish, which was 72 to the libra, while the German was 80 to the libra.

From The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 by Shaw, William Arthur

In the first, the use of which is common and general, there is one libra of vitriol and as much salt, added to a third of a libra of spring water.

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