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Unit of volume with different values
A half-peck apple bag
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A peck is an
Matthew 5:15
in some older translations).
Scotland before 1824 In
Weights and Measures Act of 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). A
firlot was equal to 4 pecks.
Conversions
1 imperial peck
=
1 ⁄4
=
2 imperial gallons
=
8 imperial quarts
=
16 imperial pints
=
320 imperial fluid ounces
=
9.09218 litres
≈
554.839 cubic inches
≈
2.06411 US dry gallons
1 US peck
=
1 ⁄4
=
2 US dry gallons
=
8 US dry quarts
=
16 US dry pints
=
537.605 cubic inches
=
8.80976754172 litres
≈
1.93788 imperial gallons
≈
310.060 imperial fluid ounces
See also References
^ "peck" . Encyclopædia Britannica . Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-29 .
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