Peck
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A peck is an imperial and U.S. customary unit of dry volume,[1] equivalent to 2 gallons or 8 dry quarts or 16 dry pints. Two pecks make a kenning (obsolete), and four pecks make a bushel.
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 of 1824. The peck was equal to about 9 litres (in the case of certain crops, such as wheat, peas, beans and meal) and about 13 litres (in the case of barley, oats and malt). A firlot was equal to 4 pecks and the peck was equal to 4 lippies or forpets.
[edit] Conversions
- 1 imperial peck equals:
- 9.092 litres
- 307.443 U.S. fl oz
- 320 imperial fl oz (exactly)
- 1 U.S. dry peck equals:
- 8.81 litres
- 297.894 U.S. fl oz
- 310.061 imperial fl oz
- 1 U.S. liquid peck equals:
- 7.5708 litres
- 256 U.S. fl oz (exactly)
- 266.456 imperial fl oz
[edit] References
- ^ "peck". Encyclopædia Britannica. Encyclopædia Britannica Online. 2011. http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/448327/peck. Retrieved 2011-09-29.
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