bushels

of states of the United States

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Two of the United States had their own legal bushels in the 19th century:

1

By an act of 3 December 1827, the New York legislature established a bushel = the volume occupied by 80 pounds avoirdupois of pure water. This definition is that of the imperial bushel, but in New York it was taken to be 2211.84 cubic inches. The measure was to be "made round, with a plain and even bottom, and to be of the following diameters: at top, measured from outside to outside, the bushel nineteen and a half inches..." New York abolished this bushel on 11 April 1852.

2

By an act of October 1800 the Connecticut legislature established a half bushel of 1099 cubic inches, thus making the bushel 2,198 cubic inches. That this was not a typographical error is shown by the fact that the dimensions of the two-quart, quart and pint measures, all given to a hundredth of an inch, indicate capacities which are aliquot parts of 2,198 cubic inches. This bushel is found nowhere else and its origin is unknown. It is said to be equal to the volume occupied by 79.50 pounds avoirdupois of pure water, but that would not be the case, even at water's maximum density. Abolished by an act of May 1850 (Title LVIII, Revised Statutes).