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2. Dry measure - Wikipedia

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   In US customary units, most units of volume exist both in a dry and a liquid version, with the same name, but different values: the dry hogshead, dry barrel, dry gallon, dry quart, dry pint, etc. The bushel and the peck are only used for dry goods. Imperial units of volume are the same for both dry and liquid goods. They have a different value ...

3. Bushel - Wikipedia

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   A bushel (abbreviation: bsh. or bu.) is an imperial and US customary unit of volume based upon an earlier measure of dry capacity. The old bushel is equal to 2 kennings (obsolete), 4 pecks, or 8 dry gallons, and was used mostly for agricultural products, such as wheat. In modern usage, the volume is nominal, with bushels denoting a mass defined ...

4. Comparison of the imperial and US customary measurement ...

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   The subdivisions of the bushel were maintained. As with US dry measures, the imperial system divides the bushel into 4 pecks, 8 gallons, 32 quarts or 64 pints. Thus, all of these imperial measures are about 3% larger than are their US dry-measure counterparts. Fluid measure is not as straightforward.

5. Cavan (unit) - Wikipedia

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   Cavan was reported in the late 19th century as a measure for rice equivalent to 98.28 litres. [4] Various references from the same period describe it as a unit of mass: for rice, 133 lb (about 60.33 kg); for cocoa, 83.5 lb, (about 37.87 kg) one source says on the average 60 kg for rice and 38 kg for cacao [5]). Other sources claim it was the ...

6. Dry bag - Wikipedia

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   A dry bag is a type of flexible container which seals in a watertight manner. Dry bags are often used in kayaking , canoeing , rafting , canyoning , [ 1 ] and other outdoor activities in which sensitive items would otherwise get wet, as well as extreme sports such as skiing and snowboarding .

7. Need a New Saddle Bag? These Picks Are the Best of the Best - AOL

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   This bag features a Boa system that cinches the back tight to the seatpost and a rolltop closure to allow a wide range of size adjustments. The waterproof fabric keeps your packed items safe and dry.

8. Unit of volume - Wikipedia

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   6 volumetric measures from the mens ponderia in Pompeii, a municipal institution for the control of weights and measures (79 A. D.). A unit of volume is a unit of measurement for measuring volume or capacity, the extent of an object or space in three dimensions.

9. Barrel (unit) - Wikipedia

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   US dry barrel: 7,056 cubic inches (115.6 litres; 3.3 US bushels) . Defined as length of stave 28 + 1 ⁄ 2 in (72 cm), diameter of head 17 + 1 ⁄ 8 in (43 cm), distance between heads 26 in (66 cm), circumference of bulge 64 in (160 cm) outside measurement; representing as nearly as possible 7,056 cubic inches; and the thickness of staves not greater than 4 ⁄ 10 in (10 mm) [2] (diameter ≈ ...