uncia
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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
Another cement is made of a bes of brick dust, a quarter of refined salt, one and a half unciae of saltpetre, an uncia of sal-ammoniac, and half an uncia of rock salt.
From De Re Metallica, Translated from the First Latin Edition of 1556 by Agricola, Georgius
A centumpondium weighs 70.6 lbs. avoirdupois, an uncia 412.2 Troy grains, therefore, this value is equal to 72 ounces 18 pennyweights per short ton.
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
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 Agricola, Georgius
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