BUSHEL,
measure. The Winchester bushel, established by the 13 W. III. c. 5, A.
D. 1701, was made the standard of grain; a cylindrical vessel, eighteen
and a half inches in diameter, and eight inches deep inside, contains a
bushel; the capacity is 2145.42 cubic inches. By law or usage it is
established in most of the United States. The exceptions, as far as
known, are Connecticut, where the bushel holds 2198 cubic inches
Kentucky, 2150 2/3; Indiana, Ohio, Mississippi and Missouri, where it
contains 2150.4 cubic inches. Dane's Ab. c. 211, a. 12, s. 4. See the
whole subject discussed in report of the Secretary of State of the
United States to the Senate, Feb. 22, 1821.
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