The cap is white and dry, measuring 35 100 mm wide, and convex in shape (conico- or plano-convex).
Bring to your preparation area, a microwave-safe bowl, spoon, liquid measuring cup, dry measuring cup and a milk.
Dry mass (measured after drying specimens at 60°C for 48 h) was used as an indicator of overall body size.
Obviously with dry measures it will depend what you fill it with.
(A peck is equal to the dry measure of two gallons).
In the United States the bushel is used only for dry measure.
In the United States the peck is used only for dry measure and is equal to 8 dry quarts, or 537.6 cubic inches (8.810 litres).
The U.S. system has two units called a quart, one for liquid measure and a slightly larger unit for dry measure.
In the United States the unit for dry measure is slightly different from that for liquid measure; a U.S. dry pint is 33.6 cubic inches (550.6 cubic cm), while a U.S. liquid pint is 28.9 cubic inches (473.2 cubic cm).
In 1701 the corn bushel in dry measure was defined as "any round measure with a plain and even bottom, being 18.5 inches wide throughout and 8 inches deep".
In the British system the units for dry measure and liquid measure are identical; the single British pint is equal to 34.68 cubic inches (568.26 cubic cm) or one-eighth gallon.
