Paris, France

pre-metric units of dry capacity

Mostly from Doursther.

	Grain (except oats) and lime							muid
							setier	12
						mine	2	24
					minot	2	4	48
			boisseau		3	6	12	144
	quarte			4	12	24	48	576
		litron	4	16	48	96	192	2304
	mesurette	16	64	256	768	1536	3072	36,864
Law of 1670	50.81 mL	0.81 L	3.25 L	13.008 L	39.025 L	78.05 L	156.10 L	1873.2 L
Système Usuel	—	0.78 L	3.1 L	12.5 L	37.5 L	75 L	150 L	1800 L

Oats, sold stricken							muid
						setier	12
					mine	2	24
				minot	2	4	48
		boisseau		6	12	24	288
	picotin		4	24	48	96	1152
	litron	4	16	96	192	384	4608
mesurette	16	64	256	1536	3072	6144	73,728
50.81 mL	813.02 mL	3.25 L	13.01 L	78.05 L	156.10 L	312.20 L	3746.39 L

Coal, sold heaped				voie
			minot	15
	demi-minot		2	30
boisseau		3	6	90
quarte	4	12	24	360
3.25 L	13.01 L	39.02 L	78.05 L	1,170.7 L

All values derived from the value for the voie given on page 582, which agrees with the equivalent given in quarters. As Doursther notes, the numbers given underestimate the amount of coal in an actual sale, because it is sold heaped.

On page 282 Doursther speaks of the mine de charbon as containing 16 boisseau. The data on the minot that follows (page 283) indicates that "de bois" must be implied.

Charcoal, sold heaped							muid
						setier	10
			mine or charge			2	20
				minot	2	4	40
		boisseau		8	16	32	320
picotin or quarte			4	32	64	128	1280
	litron	4	16	128	256	512	5120
mesurette	16	64	256	2048	4096	8192	81,920
50.81 mL	813.02 mL	3.25 L	13.01 L	104.066 L	208.13 L	416.27 L	4162.66 L

Salt							muid
						setier	12
					mine	2	24
				minot	2	4	48
		boisseau		4	8	16	192
quarte			4	16	32	64	768
	litron	4	16	64	128	256	3072
mesurette	16	64	256	1024	2048	4096	49,152
50.81 mL	813.02 mL	3.25 L	13.01 L	52.033 L	104.07 L	208.13 L	2497.59 L