Libra

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If in each centumpondium of copper there were likewise a third of a libra of silver, there will be in all the weight of the base metal five-sixths of a libra of the precious metal.

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

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

Charlemagne adopted for the basis of his system the East Frank or Rhenish libra, which was one-fourth heavier than the Roman libra adopted by the Merovings.

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