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Bushel
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
or (from the 0. Fr. boissiel, cf. med. Lat. bustellus, busellus, a little box), a dry measure of capacity, containing 8 gallons or 4 pecks. It has been in use for measuring corn, potatoes, &c., from a very early date; the value varying locally and with the article measured. The "imperial bushel," legally established in Great Britain in 1826, contains 2218.192 cub. in., or 80 lb of distilled water, determined at 62° F., with the barometer at 30 in. Previously, the standard bushel used was known as the "Winchester bushel," so named from the standard being kept in the town hall at Winchester; it contained 2150.42 cub. in. This standard is the basis of the bushel used in the United States and Canada; but other "bushels" for use in connexion with certain commodities have been legalized in different states.
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Chisholm, Hugh, General Editor. Entry for 'Bushel'. 1911 Encyclopedia Britanica. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/bri/b/bushel.html. 1910.
