uncia
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Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a third of rock salt, an uncia of saltpetre, and half an uncia of refined salt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
In the same way, from eleven cartloads of quaternary cakes thrice roasted, he makes the "final" cakes, of which one centumpondium contains only half an uncia of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The counters were made of various materials, ivory principally, “Adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris, etc.”
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert
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
Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a quarter of refined salt, one and a half unciae of saltpetre, an uncia of sal-ammoniac, and half an uncia of rock salt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
These "thorns" are apparently fairly rich, four unciae to the centumpondium being equivalent to about 97 ozs. per ton, and they are only added to low-grade liquation material.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Three unciae are about 72 ounces 6 dwts.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
If, however, the copper contains some lead, add one uncia of lead; if it contains iron, add two unciae.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Then the silver is sprinkled with two unciae of that powdered compound and is stirred.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
As the Roman libra contains 12 unciae and the German pfundt 16 untzen, the actual weights of these latter quantities are still further apart—the former 4946 and the latter 7219 Troy grains.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
