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émine [French]

For the Spanish unit, see emina.

From the Latin hemina, from the Greek mina.

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In France and Switzerland, various units of dry capacity, but as Doursther's figures show, in the mid 19th century it was in the process of changing to a unit of mass. Sometimes called a mine (in France, usually) or mina (typically Italy).

Locality	Equivalents and comments	Capacity in liters
Agde, Hérault	= 2 setiers. 120 poids de marc of wheat, or about	80
Auxonne, Côte-d'Or	= 25 boisseaux = 33¹⁄₃ boisseaux of Paris	433.62
Beziers, Hérault	= 120 poids de marc of wheat, or about	80
Blamont, Hericourt, Mont-Belliard	= 40 livre poids de marc of wheat, or about	26
Castres, Tarn	= 4 mégères = 16 boisseaux = 2776 cubic pouce of Paris	55.07
Choiseul, Haute-Marne	= 5 bichets	270
Dijon, Montjustin, Villiers-Sexel	= 45 livre poids de marc, or about	30
Dôle, Pontarlier, Salins	= 60 livre poids de marc of wheat, or about	39
Genoa (Italy)	also called a mina. = 8 quarti = 96 gombette	120.70
St. Jean-de-Losne	= 17 boisseaux	468.06
Langres, Haute-Marne	= 8 bichets	392
Lausanne (Switzerland)	= ¹⁄₁₀ quarteron = 10 copets = 50 cubic pouce de Vaud	1.35
Marseille		40
Maxilly-sur-Saône	= 25 boisseaux	476.07
Montpellier	= ½ setier = 2 quartes = 2 boisseaux of Paris	26
Narbonne	= ½ setier	42
Neufchâtel (Switzerland)	also called a setier. = ⅛ sac = 8 pots = 24 copets = 768 cubic pouces of Paris	15.23
Neufchâtel (Switzerland)	the émine of oats = 8¹⁄₃ pots = 25 copets = 800 cubic pouces	15.87
Nice	= ⅛ charge = 2 quartiers = 8 motureaux	20
Toulon	= ²⁄₅ setier, 2622 cubic pouce of Paris	52.01
Turin (Italy)	= ¹⁄₅ sacco = 2 quartieri = 8 coppi = 192 cucchiari	23.01
Vaud (Switzerland)	sometimes called an immi. = ¹⁄₁₀ quarteron = 10 copets = 50 cubic pouces of Vaud	1.35

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In Montpellier, France, a unit of liquid capacity = ⅛ charge = 2 quarts or quartals = 16 pots = 940 cubic Parisian pouce, about 18.65 liters.

Doursther, page 141.