The Standard Measure of Capacity for COALS, COKE, CULM, LIME, FISH,
POTATOES, FRUIT, and _all other Goods_ commonly sold by _heaped_
measure, is _now the Imperial Standard Bushel_, containing 80
_pounds Avoirdupois_, of pure water,—made round, with a plain and
even bottom, and being 19½ inches from outside to outside, to be
heaped up in the form of a cone, at least 6 inches above the outer
edge thereof, which is to be the base of the said cone.
4 Pecks make 1 Bushel
3 Bushels 1 Sack
3 Sacks, 1 Vat or Strike
36 Bushels or 12 Sacks 1 Chaldron
21 Chaldrons A Score*
* Coals bought in large quantities have an allowance of one
Chaldron on 20; or half a Chaldron in 10; or 3 sacks in 5
Chaldrons; which is called the Ingrain.