1If a centumpondíum of copper contains two
líbrae and a
bes of silver, and
the lead a third of a libra and a semí-uncía, there will be in each liquation
cake one and a half líbrae and a semí-uncia, and a little more than a sicilicus
of silver. In the exhausted liquation cakes there remain a third of a libra
and a semi-uncia of silver.
the lead a third of a libra and a semí-uncía, there will be in each liquation
cake one and a half líbrae and a semí-uncia, and a little more than a sicilicus
of silver. In the exhausted liquation cakes there remain a third of a libra
and a semi-uncia of silver.
If there be in the copper only a minute proportion of silver, it cannot be
separated easily until it has been re-melted in other furnaces, so that in
the “bottoms” there remains more silver and in the “tops” less.15 This
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separated easily until it has been re-melted in other furnaces, so that in
the “bottoms” there remains more silver and in the “tops” less.15 This