Aurelian complained, that a pound of silk was sold at Rome for twelve ounces of gold; but the supply increased with the demand, and the price diminished with the supply.
In this private prison, twelve ounces of rice were his daily food; he might be bound with a chain of fifteen pounds weight; and his misery was thrice exposed in the market place, to solicit the compassion of his friends and countrymen.
At the same time an ounce of silver commanded an amount which at present costs 4 ounces of silver.
In Europe, previous to the discovery of the New World, an ounce of gold commanded an amount of food or labor which would cost threeounces at the present day; hence an ounce of gold was then estimated at three times its present value.
Two ounces grated chocolate and 1/3 cup corn syrup may be substituted for marmalade.
The average daily consumption of sugar per person in this country is 5 ounces, and yet nutritional experts agree that not more than 3 ounces a day should be taken.
Ten ounces is reported as no unusual yield to a panfull, and the first party of sixty, which started out under the guidance of one who had returned successful, were assured that they would not get less than $500 each per day.
The existence of the gold was made known by the Indians to some white men, who, on visiting the spot indicated, were rewarded with six ounces of the precious metal.
Those that have been worked are barely scratched; and although thousands of ounces have been carried away, I do not consider that a serious impression has been made upon the whole.
The gold is found in small particles: the largest I have seen, but such are rare, weighs seventy-one ounces troy.
They are generally in size from four to five ounces to a pound in weight--quartz, and every thing else necessary to make them look right, properly intermixed.
I there saw several parties at work, all of whom were doing very well; a great many specimens were shown me, some as heavy as four or five ounces in weight, and I send three pieces, labeled No.
Captain Fulsom saw the gold he had with him; it was about twenty-three ounces weight, and in small flakes.
These latter are exceedingly rich, and two ounces were considered an ordinary yield for a day's work.
This process being repeated, the sand gradually disappeared, and from two to three ounces of pure gold remained at the bottom of the bowl.
This Quantity in so short a time seem'd very considerable, being little less than 6 ounces in 24 hours, from so small a Surface as a Circle of 8 inches Diameter.
The dog-coolie rushed down and filled his cap with our unexpected prey, which we subsequently found to number twenty-two, varying from about two to four ounces in weight each.
I have seen them more than a mile in length, and of such barbaric magnificence that they must have cost many thousands of ounces of silver.
Ninety-six grains of sulphate of quinine are equal to eight ounces of good bark.
A person who once wrote a very small pamphlet made some show of objecting to calculations of thus kind, on the ground that the highest dilutions could easily be made with a few ounces of alcohol.
On repeating the operation with four ounces and a quarter of forcite dynamite the door was completely torn off.
In dyeing fabrics black, each pound of silk was to be treated with ten ounces of foreign galls of fine quality, two ounces of copperas, and two ounces of gum-arabic.
Each ounce of seed is supposed to yield ten pounds of silk, at twelve ounces to the pound.
In one house I saw the produce of six ounces of seed, and was informed that to every ounce, during their feeding season, they allow sixty arrobas of leaves, valued at two pounds five.
Take twelve ouncesof dislike, one pound of resolution, two grains of common sense, two ounces of experience, a large sprig of time, and three quarts of cooling water of consideration.
The confederate did as requested; and obtained a "prospect" that proclaimed the dirt probably to contain about four ounces to the load.
An eminent banking firm in London had established an agency in San Francisco; and by it I forwarded to England all the gold I had collected--excepting a few ounces retained for my travelling expenses to Australia.
Thousands of ounces of gold were lying on deposit in the Escort Office at Ballarat; yet had the mutineers taken the place, I am confident this treasure would have been protected, and restored to its rightful owners.
The digger had lost twelve pounds in cash, and a gold nugget of seven ounces weight.
Their example was followed by Stormy Jack; and from the quantity of yellow dust I saw him drop into the common receptacle, I could tell that his purse must have been three or four ounces lighter, when he came away from the tree!
This slender supply brought us through to the evening of the third day, when we had for supper two ounces of tallow each.
A hundred cows, a hundred ounces of gold, a hundred bridled horses were collecting, a hundred garments of each variegated colour, these were brought as a price for me.
Add three ounces alum and one and one-half ounces tartar, enter the feathers well scoured and rinsed, and dye to shade at 170 deg.
Then enter your feathers, and allow the bath to work a few hours; again add about two ounces of ammonia by the same process as before, and then let it work a few hours longer, or until the bath becomes exhausted.
Begin in bath by diluting about two ounces of turmeric in a gallon of boiling water (more or less matters not).
Prepare bath by diluting two ounces of turmeric in about one gallon of water.
Have the feathers well cleaned and rinsed, and add to a bath of two gallons of water, one and one-quarter pounds cudbear and five ounces turmeric.
Then prepare a bath of about two ounces of turmeric and a small pinch of aniline green in a gallon of boiling water.
Prepare your bath with two ounces of turmeric and one gallon of boiling water, more or less matters not.
Prepare your bath by diluting about two ounces of turmeric and a half ounce of copperas in one gallon, more or less, of boiling water.
Sixteen drachms are just an ounce, As you'll find at any shop; Sixteen ounces make a pound, Should you want a mutton chop.
It has been calculated that an ounce of semen was equivalent to forty ounces of blood.
It is estimated at from threeounces to half a pint.
Our milk-powder was put up in bags of 102 ounces just enough for a meal.
We would recommend you to use an entirely new bath and stronger, four ounces of hypo.
Mix half a pound of butter, well beat like cream, with the same weight of flour, one egg, six ounces of beaten and sifted loaf sugar, and half an ounce of caraway seed.
Four pounds pears peeled and cut small, four pounds granulated sugar, juice of four lemons, and the grated peel of two, two ounces preserved ginger cut very fine.
Shred finely through it four ounces fresh suet, and a lump of butter the size of an egg.
Rub four ounces of butter lightly into the flour, shape the rest into a flattish oblong and set on ice.
This man's fish might prove in the scale a few ounces heavier than that man's--but in such case, his fowl would be found just so many ounces lighter.
Two ounces had riven the solid door of the iron safe; with one fiftieth part of a minim he was now about to still forever the intricate mechanism of a human life.
A few glasses of Rhenish wine, and a few ounces of tobacco, were well worth expending for the purpose.
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