When a kitten is born she will weigh just a few ounces.
The old as was composed of the mixed metal aes, an alloy of copper, tin and lead, and was called as libralis, because it nominally weighed 1 lb or 12 ounces (actually io).
She weighed 9.9 ounces and was only 10 inches long.
With the fixed retorts these valves are worked from time to time by the attendant, but with revolving retorts they are worked continuously and automatically and allow from sixteen to twenty-four ounces of char to escape per minute from each cooler, and so make room in the retort above for a corresponding quantity to enter from the drying floor.
A silver tankard was bought with John Kyrle 's money, weighing somewhat over eighteen ounces.