Libra

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And if I have succeeded in making good this position we no longer stand in need of a precedent for the same reading in the case of—"In menez libra."

From Notes and Queries, Number 85, June 14, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Geneologists, etc. by Various

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

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

The "lira" of the first of these systems is derived from the "libra" of Charlemagne, and, like it, was divided into 20 soldi, each soldo being subdivided into 12 denari.

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

The eighth method consists of heating together one libra of the copper, one and a half librae of sulphur, half a libra of verdigris, and a libra of refined salt.

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