BUSHEL

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BUSHEL ; an English dry measure, containing 8 gallons or 4 pecks. It is also used in the North American U. States. The standard English bushel (12 Henry VII) contains 8 gallons of wheat, each of 8 pounds troy, each of 12 ounces, each of 20 pennyweights, each of 32 corns of wheat that grew in the middle of the ear. IJI 1696, a duty being laid upon malt, it became necessary to ascertain the exact contents of the Winchester bushel, as that of Henry VII was called. It was found that the capacity was 2151.7 cubic inches of pure water, equivalent to 1131 oz., 13 dwts. troy. (See J. Q,. Adams's Report upon Weights and Measures, Washington, 1821.) The capacity of the Imperial bushel, prescribed by the act of uniformity (5 Geo. IV, c. 74), which took effect Jan. 1, 1826, is, for coal, potatoes, fruits, and other goods sold by heaped measure, 2815 cubic inches, the goods to be heaped up in the form of a cone, to a height above the rim of the measure of at least three fourths of its depth. The imperial bushel for all liquids, and for corn and other dry goods not heaped, contains 2218.20 cubic inches, and holds 80 lbs. avoirdupois of pure water.