Beck (unit)

Beck , also Peck, is an old English dry measure . The volume measurements listed served as a reference for weight measurements.

• Beck 1 = 2 gallons = 16 pounds (Engl.)
• 4 Becks = 1 Bushel = 1/8 Quarter

See also

• Peck (unit of measure)

literature

• Johann Hübner: Curious and real nature, art, mountain, trade and action lexicon. Johann Friedrich Gletitschen's son, 1736, pp. 249, 820. Online
• Johann Georg Krünitz, Friedrich Jakob Floerken, Heinrich Gustav Flörke, Johann Wilhelm David Korth, Carl Otto Hoffmann, Ludwig Kossarski: Economic Encyclopedia . Volume 4, Verlag Joachim Pauli, Berlin, 1774, p. 137 online