Sentence examples for purity of silver from inspiring English sources

The moment a horror writer's universe becomes consistent – such-and-such a solution of garlic nails the vamps; such and such a purity of silver will see off a werewolf – it tends to move into the territory of comedy (cf Buffy) or science fiction (cf Blade).

The purity of silver was 99.99 %.

The purity standards of silver became rigorously controlled, and "hallmarking" was enforced; the marking of silver in England, especially, was carefully observed.

If you really have sterling silver, usually you piece will be marked with the purity of the silver.

Elizabeth I continued her father's denominations and restored the purity of the silver coinage.

As a unit of account, it was employed during the Middle Ages for the payment of large sums; the small silver coins of varying size and quality were melted and cast into lumps on which were stamped the weight and purity of the silver.

And yet not that especially, nor the purity of its silver fruitful water, nor the golden splendor of its rich sand, has so much allured me to it.

The average purity of the silver items is 96%.

Sterling, the standard of purity for silver.

Touchstone, black siliceous stone used to ascertain the purity of gold and silver.

He decreased the silver purity of the denarius from 58% to 46.5% — the actual silver weight dropping from 1.82 grams to 1.41 grams.