Agricola, Georgius, De re metallica, 1912/1950

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              course consists of one hundred
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              librae,
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              and for that reason is called a
                <lb/>
              hundred weight.</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The various weights are:—</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>1st = 100
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              =
                <emph type="italics"/>
              centumpondium.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>2nd = 50
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>3rd = 52
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>4th = 16
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>5th = 8
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>6th = 4
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>7th = 2
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>8th = 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              libra.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>This
                <emph type="italics"/>
              libra
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              consists of sixteen
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              unciae,
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              and the half part of the
                <emph type="italics"/>
              libra
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              is
                <lb/>
              the
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              selibra,
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              which our people call a
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              mark,
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              and consists of eight
                <emph type="italics"/>
              unciae,
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              or, as
                <lb/>
              they divide it, of sixteen
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae
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              :—</s>
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            <p type="main">
              <s>9th = 8
                <emph type="italics"/>
              unciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>10th = 8
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>11th = 4
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>12th = 2
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
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              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>13th = 1
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              semuncia.
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              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>14th = 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              sicilicus.
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              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>15th = 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              drachma.
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              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>16th = 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              dimidi-drachma.
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              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The above is how the “greater” weights are divided. </s>
              <s>The “lesser”
                <lb/>
              weights are made of silver or brass or copper. </s>
              <s>Of these, the first and largest
                <lb/>
              generally weighs one
                <emph type="italics"/>
              drachma,
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              for it is necessary for us to weigh, not only
                <lb/>
              ore, but also metals to be assayed, and smaller quantities of lead. </s>
              <s>The first
                <lb/>
              of these weights is called a
                <emph type="italics"/>
              centumpondium
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              and the number of
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              in it
                <lb/>
              corresponds to the larger scale, being likewise one hundred
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              42
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              .</s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 1st is called 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              centumpondium.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 2nd is called 50
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 3rd is called 25
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 4th is called 16
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 5th is called 8
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 6th is called 4
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 7th is called 2
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 8th is called 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 9th is called 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              selibra.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 10th is called 8
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 11th is called 4
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 12th is called 2
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 13th is called 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The 14th is called 1
                <emph type="italics"/>
              sicilicus.
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              </s>
            </p>
            <p type="main">
              <s>The fourteenth is the last, for the proportionate weights which correspond
                <lb/>
              with a
                <emph type="italics"/>
              drachma
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              and half a
                <emph type="italics"/>
              drachma
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              are not used. </s>
              <s>On all these weights of
                <lb/>
              the lesser scale, are written the numbers of
                <emph type="italics"/>
              librae
                <emph.end type="italics"/>
              and of
                <emph type="italics"/>
              semunciae.
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              </s>
              <s> Some </s>
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