Lot (unit)

The Lot ( later known as Postlot or Neulot ) was a unit of mass.

It was 1875/77 replaced by the metric unit gram in the German Reich 1868/69/72, Austria in 1871/76 and in Switzerland. As it was unofficially popular unit but still in use in 1900 as in cooking and baking recipes.

In France, a measure of volume for liquids was designated Lot.

Old Lot

Mostly apply to old, smaller mass units before about 1856:

1/32 ( Trade ) pound = 1/16 ( coin ) Mark = 1/2 ounce, 1 Lot = 4 ounce = 16 penny weights = 32 Heller weights = 18 Gran

The Lot ( also Loth ) played in the different German countries have different masses, which also was also necessary to temporally different. It was usually between 14 g and 18 g are some examples:

New Loth, Loth inch

The on May 27, 1856, adopted in Prussia law " a general country - weight " for the German Zollverein defined:

For a Loth has 16.666 g

A Loth corresponds to a fine Vereinstaler.

" This is our new weight can easily compare with the French, which was introduced already in the other countries, eg in the Netherlands and Lombardy. "

In value comparison tables of the same old and new units was then from 1856 in Prussia the perpendicular from before 1856 ( and other units) to differentiate often with the intention of "Old " and the new, valid from May 27, 1856 Lot with intent " New "or" inch " provided.

Metric Lot

Since the early 19th century there was also the metric Neulot: in Austria and Bavaria 10 g (1888 repealed by law), in Lübeck to 50 g in Austria and Poland Neulot lives as decagram continues to this day.

Volume measure

Lot was also a French measure of volume for liquids in the region around Lille.