uncia
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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 Georgius Agricola
Five of these are placed at the same time in the furnace in which silver-lead is liquated from copper; these drip three centumpondia of lead, each of which contains half an uncia of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
From time to time small pieces of sulphur, enveloped in or mixed with wax, are dropped into six librae of the molten copper, and consumed; the sulphur weighs half an uncia and a sicilicus.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
As for the large coins which weigh a drachma, a sicilicus, half an uncia, or an uncia, beat them into leaves.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
And likewise they add two centumpondia of poor silver-lead, in each of which there is an uncia and a drachma of silver.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
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 Georgius Agricola
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 Georgius Agricola
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 Georgius Agricola
With each libra of this powdered compound one and a half unciae of the copper is gradually sprinkled into a hot crucible, and it is stirred rapidly and frequently with an iron rod.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
Another way is to take two unciae of prepared ore, five drachmae of roasted copper, one uncia of glass, or glass-galls reduced to powder, a semi-uncia of salt, and mix them.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Georgius Agricola
