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  2. Balance puzzle - Wikipedia

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    For example, in detecting a dissimilar coin in three weighings (⁠ = ⁠), the maximum number of coins that can be analyzed is ⁠ = ⁠.Note that with ⁠ ⁠ weighings and ⁠ ⁠ coins, it is not always possible to determine the nature of the last coin (whether it is heavier or lighter than the rest), but only that the other coins are all the same, implying that the last coin is the ...

  3. Coin weights - Wikipedia

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    Islamic coin weights were made of bronze, iron, and later glass (considered to be unalterable). [1] They bear inscriptions related to Islamic rulers and moneyers and are therefore valuable epigraphical objects. [1] Coins weights were also known in the Carolingian Empire, where they were stamped with regular coin dyes to clarify their ...

  4. Manilla (money) - Wikipedia

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    Benin, which is 80 leagues (sic) long by 40 leagues (sic) broad, is always at war with its neighbours from whom it obtains captives, whom we buy at from 12 to 15 brass or copper manillas. [ 9 ] [ 8 ] By 1522 in Benin a female slave 16 years of age cost 50 manillas; the King of Portugal put a limit of 40 manillas per slave to stop this inflation.

  5. Category:Bronze - Wikipedia

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    Bronze objects (4 C, 22 P) Pages in category "Bronze" The following 20 pages are in this category, out of 20 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...

  6. Hammerscale - Wikipedia

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    [12] Therefore, the distribution of hammerscale is not only able to aid in the location items within a workshop, but can also inform scholars of where the smiths themselves stood. Smithy discoveries involving hammerscale are well documented and generally a high presence of hammerscale is considered sufficient to identify a find as a smithy.

  7. Bronze sculpture - Wikipedia

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    Bronze is the most popular metal for cast metal sculptures; a cast bronze sculpture is often called simply "a bronze". It can be used for statues, singly or in groups, reliefs , and small statuettes and figurines , as well as bronze elements to be fitted to other objects such as furniture.

  8. Akan goldweights - Wikipedia

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    Akan goldweights (locally known as mrammou or abrammuo) [1] are weights made of brass used as a measuring system by the Akan people of West Africa, particularly for wei and fair-trade arrangements with one another. The status of a man increased significantly if he owned a complete set of weights.

  9. Bronze - Wikipedia

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    Bronze is an alloy consisting primarily of copper, commonly with about 1212.5% tin and often with the addition of other metals (including aluminium, manganese, nickel, or zinc) and sometimes non-metals, such as phosphorus, or metalloids, such as arsenic or silicon.