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==Other units== {{anchor|German bushel|Scheffel}}<!--linked--> The [[German units|German]] bushel is the ''{{lang|de|Scheffel}}''. A Prussian scheffel was equal to 54.96 litres.<ref>{{cite book| title=Modern Metrology | author=Lowis D'Aguilar Jackson |year=1882 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3TkDAAAAQAAJ&dq=weight+of+a+scheffel&pg=PA179 |page=179}}</ref> {{anchor|Polish unit|Korzec}}<!--linked--> The [[Old Polish units|Polish]] bushel (''{{lang|pl|korzec}}'') was used as measure of [[dry capacity]]. It is divided into 4 [[quarter (unit)|quarters]] (''{{lang|pl|ćwierć}}'') and in the early 19th century had a value of 128 litres in [[Warsaw]]<ref>{{Citation |last=Alexander |first=John Henry |contribution=Weight and Measure Systems: Warsaw |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V3sXAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA152 |pages=151–152 |title=Universal Dictionary of Weights and Measures, Ancient and Modern; Reduced to the Standards of the United States of America |location=Baltimore |publisher=John D. Tot for Wm. Minifie & Co. |date=1850 }}.</ref> and 501.116 litres in [[Kraków]].<ref>{{Citation |last=Rykaczewski |first=Erazm |contribution=Korzec |contribution-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ao1HAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA98 |page=98 |title=Dokładny Słownik Polsko-Anglielski i Anglielsko-Polski, Czerpany z Najlepszych Źrodeł Krajowych i Obcych |publisher=W. Księgarni b. Behra |location=Berlin |date=1851 }}. {{in lang|pl}} & {{in lang|en}}</ref> {{anchor|Spanish bushel}} The [[Spanish units|Spanish]] bushel (''{{lang|es|[[fanega]]}}'') was used as a measure of dry capacity. It is roughly equal to 55.5 litres in [[Kingdom of Castille|Castille]]. The [[Wales|Welsh]] [[hobbit (unit)|hobbit]] was equivalent to two-and-a-half bushels when used for volume; when used for measuring weight the hobbit was dependent on the grain being weighed.
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