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Saum [German]

In concept, the load on a horse (Saumpferd = packhorse). From the italian sagma, from the Greek. Compare the English seam.

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In Austria, various units of mass.

= 275 Vienna Pfund ≈ 154.0165 kilograms.
= 2 Lägel = 250 Vienna Pfund ≈ 14.15 kg.
In Bolzano (then called Botzen), = 4 Centner = 400 Pfund ≈ 200.443 kg. Others say ≈ 200.384 kilograms.

In Switzerland, various units of liquid capacity,

after metrication in 1852,¹ and in many cantons somewhat earlier = 100 Maß = 400 Schoppen = 150 liters (about 39.63 U.S. gallons).
Previous to metrication, in individual cantons
- Aargau, = 100 Maß ≈ 144.012 liters, or = 108 Maß ≈ 155.33 liters.
- Basel, 3 Ohm = 96 old Maß or 120 new Maß ≈ 146.88 liters.
- Bern, = 4 Eimer = 100 Maß = 150.00 liters
- Lucerne, 3 1/3 Ohm = 100 Maß ≈ 176.14 liters.
- Solothurn, = 100 Maß ≈ 159.352 liters.

1. See Concordat of 1835.

A unit of count used for pieces of cloth 32 Ellen long. The actual length varied with the size of the Ell.

Jansen (1900), page xxi.