Libra

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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

In this operation he also makes fifteen centumpondia of "hard cakes poor in silver," in each centumpondium of which is a sixth of a libra of silver.

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

The third consists of four librae of vitriol, two and a half librae of saltpetre, half a libra of alum, and one and a half librae of spring water.

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

The sixth method consists in heating together a bes of the copper and one-sixth of a libra each of sulphur, salt, and stibium.

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

Therefore, each centumpondium of this contains a third of a libra and a semi-uncia, a drachma, and the twenty-third part of a drachma of silver; from such copper it is profitable to separate the silver.

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