Libra
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To this copper is added eight centumpondia of poor argentiferous lead, each centumpondium of which contains an uncia and a drachma of silver, or a total of three-quarters of a libra of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
The third consists of three librae of vitriol, one of saltpetre, half a libra of asbestos, and half a libra of baked bricks.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Et preter hoc tenet 3 acras pro libra cimini.
From Villainage in England Essays in English Mediaeval History by Vinogradoff, Paul
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
When the lead has been liquated from the copper, it weighs six centumpondia, in each centumpondium of which there is a quarter of a libra and almost a sicilicus of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
