assayed

The silver coin assayed by Sir Isaac Newton, varied from 1 1/2 to 76 pennyweights alloy, in the pound troy of mixed metal.

Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies

The British standard has 18 dwt.; the Spanish coins assayed by Sir Isaac Newton, have from 18 to 19 1/2 dwt.; the new French crown has in fact 19 1/2, though by edict it should have 20 dwt., that is 1/12.

Memoir Correspondence And Miscellanies

The silver coin assayed by Sir Isaac Newton, varied from 1 1-2 to 76 pennyweights alloy, in the pound troy of mixed metal.

Autobiography

The British standard has 18 dwt.; the Spanish coins assayed by Sir Isaac Newton, have from 18 to 19 1-2 dwt.; the new French crown has in fact 19 1-2, though by edict, it should have 20 dwt., that is 1-12.

Autobiography

The British standard has 18 dwt.; the Spanish coins assayed by

Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson, Volume 1

When it is delivered, it is first of all "assayed"; that is, tested to find out how nearly pure it is and how much it is worth.

Diggers in the Earth

Presumably that just doesn't interest him since he's barely assayed such a common, almost inevitable role.

Michael Giltz: DVDs: How Good Is Matt Damon? Damn Good

The July issue of Jack of Fables has a guest story from me, featuring the story of how the title character once assayed the role of Lord of the Jungle, and this fall the first issue of a miniseries spinning out of Bill Willingham's Fables will hit comic shops, Cinderella: From Fabletown With Love.

INTERVIEW: Chris Roberson

He and others assayed the serotonin-transporter genes of seven of the 22 species of macaque, the primate genus to which the rhesus monkey belongs.

The Science of Success

Also re marriage being contract law: The traditional wedding ring is a plain gold band because that way its value can be precisely assayed.

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