uncia
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One-half uncia of silver would be 12 ozs.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
Dosis ab uncia i. ad unc. iv. bis ter. quaterve die.
From An Account of the Diseases which were most frequent in the British military hospitals in Germany by Monro, Donald
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 counters were made of various materials, ivory principally, “Adeo nulla uncia nobis est eboris, etc.”
From The Earliest Arithmetics in English by Steele, Robert
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 Agricola, Georgius
