US Gallons to US Bushels (gal to bu)
1 US gallon equals 0.1074208759 US bushels (rounded).
How to convert US gallons to US bushels
To convert US gallons to US bushels, multiply the number of US gallons by 0.1074208759. The factor is rounded to 10 significant digits. To go the other way, multiply US bushels by 9.309177489 (rounded).
US bushels = US gallons × 0.1074208759
Example: 10 US gallons = 1.074208759 US bushels.
Pints, quarts, gallons and fluid ounces differ between the US and the UK. Units are labeled 'US' or 'imperial' to avoid confusion.
About these units
US Gallon (gal)
Exactly 231 cubic inches or 3.785411784 liters (128 US fluid ounces). About 17% smaller than the imperial gallon.
The US gallon is a survivor of English wine trade. Around 1706, a statute in Queen Anne's reign fixed the wine gallon at exactly 231 cubic inches, settling confusion among the competing gallons for wine, ale and corn. British colonies in North America used that wine gallon, and in 1824 Britain replaced all its gallons with a new imperial one while the United States kept the old measure. It was adopted as the legal US standard in 1836 and is still defined as exactly 231 cubic inches, or 3.785411784 liters.
That makes the US gallon about 17 percent smaller than the imperial gallon, a difference that explains why American and British fuel-economy figures cannot be compared directly. Everyday uses are milk jugs, paint cans and gasoline pumps. One gallon divides evenly into four quarts, eight pints, sixteen cups and 128 fluid ounces. A gallon of water weighs a little over 8 pounds, an easy figure to remember when loading a car with water jugs.
1 US gallon = 3.785411784 liters (exactly).
Sources: Wikipedia: Gallon; NIST SP 811, Appendix B.8: conversion factors for volume
US Bushel (bu)
Exactly 2,150.42 cubic inches (35.239 L). A dry measure for grain and produce; commodity prices are quoted per bushel.
English statutes tied the bushel to the cylinder-shaped Winchester measure, 18.5 inches across and 8 inches deep, which holds about 2,150.42 cubic inches. The United States kept that volume, 35.239 L, when Britain did not: the Weights and Measures Act 1824 replaced it with an imperial bushel of 8 imperial gallons, about 36.37 L. As a result, an American and a British bushel differ by about 3 percent. The name probably comes from Old French boissiel, a little box.
The bushel entered England after the Norman Conquest as a step between the pound and the ton, and it was later redefined by weight, 56 avoirdupois pounds in the sixteenth century. Today it is largely a mass measure for grain, quoted in standard weights per commodity: 60 lb for wheat and soybeans, 56 lb for shelled maize, 48 lb for barley and 32 lb for oats in the US. Commodity futures prices on American exchanges are still quoted per bushel.
1 US bushel = 35.23907017 liters (approximately).
Sources: Wikipedia: Bushel; NIST Guide to the SI, Appendix B.8: conversion factors
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