Libra
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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
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
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
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 fourth consists of two librae of vitriol, as many librae of saltpetre, one quarter of a libra of alum, and three-quarters of a libra of spring water.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
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