Definition:Imperial/Volume/Peck
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Definition
The peck is an imperial unit of volume.
\(\ds \) | \(\) | \(\ds 1\) | peck | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 2\) | (imperial) gallons | |||||||||||
\(\ds \) | \(=\) | \(\ds 9 \cdotp 09218\) | litres |
Linguistic Note
The word peck survives in this context today in the classic tongue-twister:
- Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers
and practically nowhere else.
Sources
- 1986: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers ... (previous) ... (next): $2$
- 1997: David Wells: Curious and Interesting Numbers (2nd ed.) ... (previous) ... (next): $2$