Long (unit)

Long was a French volume measure for brine . The term is said to be associated with the place name Lons-le-Saunier ("salt measure"), the source of the brine. The place had its origin in the 4th century at the salt spring.

• 1 long = 24 muid

In Paris the Muid salt had these values:

• 1 Muid = 12 Setiers = 48 Minots = 192 Boisseaux corresponded to about 4800 pounds (market weight)

literature

• Gustav Adolph von Kloeden: Handbook of physical geography. Volume 2, Weidmannsche Buchhandlung, Berlin 1861, p. 425.
• Friedrich von Hellwald: France: The country and its people. Reprint of the original from 1887, Books on Demand, 2014, ISBN 978-3-84609-916-2 , p. 232.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Johann Christian Schedel: New and complete, general wares lexicon, etc. Volume 4, Schrämbliche Buchdruckerei. Vienna 1811, p. 52.