Libra

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Therefore, each centumpondium of this contains a third of a libra and a semi-uncia, a drachma, and the twenty-third part of a drachma of silver; from such copper it is profitable to separate the silver.

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

If there was a libra of silver, there must be six drachmae of lead.

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

As the Roman libra contains 12 unciae and the German pfundt 16 untzen, the actual weights of these latter quantities are still further apart—the former 4946 and the latter 7219 Troy grains.

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

In this operation he also makes fifteen centumpondia of "hard cakes poor in silver," in each centumpondium of which is a sixth of a libra of silver.

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

Then it is immediately dried and kept in a hot place, lest it turn into oil; and afterward when crushed, a libra of lead-ash is mixed with it.

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