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Imperial units of volume are the same for both dry and liquid goods, and have a different value from both the dry and liquid US versions of the pint and quart: an imperial pint and quart are 20.095% larger than their US liquid counterparts and 3.21% larger than their US dry counterparts, while the imperial bushel is also 3.21% larger than its ...
In Scotland, the peck was used as a dry measure until the introduction of imperial units as a result of the Weights and Measures Act 1824.The peck was equal to about 9 litres (1.98 Imp gal) (in the case of certain crops, such as wheat, peas, beans and meal) and about 13 litres (2.86 Imp gal) (in the case of barley, oats and malt).
Dependent on point measures. ... = 2.909 4976 m 3: litre (liter) L or l ≡ 1 dm 3 [19] ≡ 0.001 m 3: load: ... pint (US dry) pt (US dry) ...
22 — Size of Winchester bushel "every round bushel with a plain and even bottom being 18 + 1 ⁄ 2 ″ wide throughout and 8″ deep" (i.e. a dry measure of 2150 in 3 per gallon). 1706 6 Ann. c. 11 — Act of Union decreed the weights and measures of England to be applied in Scotland, whose burgs (towns) were to take charge of the duplicates ...
The system can be traced back to the measuring systems of the Hindus [18]: B-9 and the ancient Egyptians, who subdivided the hekat (about 4.8 litres) into parts of 1 ⁄ 2, 1 ⁄ 4, 1 ⁄ 8, 1 ⁄ 16, 1 ⁄ 32, and 1 ⁄ 64 (1 ro, or mouthful, or about 14.5 ml), [19] and the hin similarly down to 1 ⁄ 32 (1 ro) using hieratic notation, [20] as ...
Small fruits and vegetables are often sold in dry pints and dry quarts. The US dry gallon is less commonly used, and was not included in the handbook that many states recognize as the authority on measurement law. [23] [24] However pecks, or bushels are sometimes used—particularly for grapes, apples and similar fruits in agricultural regions.
A now-obsolete unit of measurement in Scotland, known as the Scottish pint, or joug, is equal to 1696 mL (2 pints 19.69 imp fl oz). It remained in use until the 19th century, surviving significantly longer than most of the old Scottish measurements. The word pint is one of numerous false friends between English and French. They are not the same ...
An imperial fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 20 of an imperial pint, 1 ⁄ 160 of an imperial gallon, or exactly 28.4130625 mL. A US customary fluid ounce is 1 ⁄ 16 of a US liquid pint , 1 ⁄ 128 of a US gallon , or exactly 29.5735295625 mL, making it about 4.084% larger than the imperial fluid ounce.