BUSHEL

, a measure of capacity for dry goods; as grain, pulse, fruits, &c; containing 4 pecks, or 8 gallons, or 1/8 of a quarter. By act of Parliament, made in 1697, it was ordained that “Every round bushel with a plain and even bottom, being made 18 1/2 inches wide throughout, and 8 inches deep, shall be esteemed a Legal Winchester Bushel, according to the standard in his majesty's exchequer.” Now a bushel being thus made will contain 2150.42 cubic inches, and consequently the corn gallon contains only 268 4/5 cubic inches.

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Entry taken from A Mathematical and Philosophical Dictionary, by Charles Hutton, 1796.

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