Ounces

Examples

• In the English coin, it exchanges for about fifteen ounces, that is, for more silver than it is worth, according to the common estimation of Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Sparkling Must requires an addition of 6 to 7 ounces of salicylic acid per 100 gallons. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Then add gradually about nine ounces of the orange-flower water, stirring constantly, continuing this operation until a fine, creamy emulsion is the result. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To every gallon of juice to be filtered there is placed in the filter 2 ounces of charcoal, 2 scruples of crushed mustard seed, and 6 drachms of ground sassafras root. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Silver, 53,860,000 ounces; worth $32,316,000. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• Dissolve the corrosive sublimate in three ounces of the orange-flower water, add the hydrochloric acid, and set aside. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It is certainly-easier for the consumer to pay five shillings a-year for every hundred ounces of plate, near one per cent. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• To keep oysters stir into them 3 ounces of the solution (cold) to each gallon of oysters. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• Or, take negrosine, 1 ounce; dextrine, 3 ounces; mix. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In the mint of Calcutta, an ounce of fine gold is supposed to be worth fifteen ounces of fine silver, in the same manner as in Europe. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Thoroughly bruise the granate bark and pumpkin-seed, and with the ergot boil in eight ounces of water for fifteen minutes, and strain through a coarse cloth. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The production of metals, other than iron, in the United States for the year 1897, was as follows: Gold, 2,774,935 ounces; worth $57,363,000. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The composition is made as follows: Good glue 4 ounces av. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• A man who moves 8 pounds through 6 feet does 48 foot pounds of work, while a man who moves 8 ounces (1/2 pound) through 6 inches (1/2 foot) does only one fourth of a foot pound of work. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• It was divided, in the same manner as our Troyes pound, into twelve ounces, each of which contained a real ounce of good copper. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• Because his grandmother takes so MANY ounces, and drops it over him. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Take two ounces of the tea and steep in a quart of water, with gentle heat, for two hours; strain off 1-1/2 pints into a quart bottle and add half a pint of alcohol and 4 ounces of sugar. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• To 1/2 pound of this mass add 1-3/4 fluid ounces of oil of turpentine. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• It is thus described:--Dissolve 100 grains of crystallized nitrate of silver in 6 ounces of distilled water. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
• The gold is cast into ingots weighing about two ounces each, and measuring about three-quarters of an inch broad. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• For a moment there was no reply, and Tarzan added a few more ounces of pressure, which elicited a horrified shriek of pain from the great beast. Edgar Rice Burroughs. Tarzan of the Apes.
• Cues run in weight from fifteen to twenty-two ounces. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• Two mutton-chops, three potatoes, some split peas, a little flour, two ounces of butter, a pinch of salt, and all this black pepper. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• For an average man four ounces of dry proteid matter daily will suffice to keep the body cells in normal condition. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• This consists of a tin tube about two feet long containing thirty-four fluid ounces of soda in weak caustic ammonia. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The steam engine of this truly ingenious contrivance, together with the boiler and the driving pulley, weighed only sixteen ounces. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• He continued to stay around until he finished every combination of morphine with an acid that I had, probably ten ounces all told. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• In 1512, six shillings and eightpence contained only two ounces of silver, Tower weight, and were equal to about ten shillings of our present money. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
• The whole amount of plate was estimated at between twelve and thirteen thousand ounces in weight. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• The Roman pound, it must be remembered, contained only twelve of our avoirdupois ounces. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.

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