 | Samuel Temple - 1825 - Страниц: 118
...long ' 8:8' Ans. 4. How many feet in a joist 4 inches by 6, and soft, long ? 8 : 4' Ans. CORD WOOD. A cord of wood is a pile, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 teet high, and contains 128 cubic feet, or 8 feet of cord wood. As the superficial contents ot one... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - 1826 - Страниц: 214
...are brought into cords by dividing them by 128, or into cord wood feet by dividing by 16. NOTE. — A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and...feet long, 4 feet wide, and 1 foot high, containing 1 6 cubick feet. 1 EXAMPLES. 1. How many cords areHhere in a pile of wood 176 feet long, 3 feet 9 inches... | |
 | Nicolas Pike, Dudley Leavitt - 1826 - Страниц: 222
...NOTE. — A cord of wood is a pile 8 teet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, containing 128 eubick feet, or 8 feet of cord wood. A foot of cord wood...long, 4 feet wide, and 1 foot high, containing 16 eubick feet. EXAMPLES. t. How many cords are there in ft pile of wood 176 feet long, $ feet 9 inches... | |
 | Conley Plotts - 1848 - Страниц: 276
...boards, without reference to the thickness. A cord of wood, or bark, is sold on the same principle. A PILE 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, is called a CORD. MISCELLANEOUS QUESTIONS. 1. A lumber merchant sold 2348 square feet of siding, at... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1868 - Страниц: 428
...1 cord of wood. 40 cu. ft. of round timber = 1 ton. 50 cu. ft. of hewn timber = 1 ton. NOTB.— 1 A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet 2. A cord foot is 1 foot in lenglh of a pile 4 feet wide and 4 feet high. 8. Round timber when squared... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - Страниц: 472
....1* /-i i. •n .1 1 1 Perch of Stone ) — . 24JCubicFeet «j or Masonry. .[ Pch' NOTES. — 1. A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, or its equivalent. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 2. The ordinary rule for computing... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter, Samuel Ashbel Farrand - 1875 - Страниц: 316
...gallons of water will fill a cistern of the same size ? COUD OF WOOD. Arrange 128 cubic foot blocks into a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and it will represent the shape and size of a cord. One foot of the length of such a pile is called... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1876 - Страниц: 584
...feet of hewn timber. Timber is now generally sold by board measure, the ton being nearly obsolete. A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. A cord foot is a part of this pile L foot long ; it equals 16 cubic feet. A perch of stone or masonry... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1877 - Страниц: 438
...WOOD MEASURE. :$."><». The Measure of Wood is the cord, which is divided into ford feet, etc. 357. A Cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. It contains 8 cord feet, or 128 cubic feet. S58. A Cord Foot is a part of this pile 1 foot long. It... | |
 | Edward Brooks - 1877 - Страниц: 444
...' WOOD MEASURE. 356. The Measure of Wood is the cord, which is divided into cord feet, etc. 357. A Cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. It contains 8 cord feet, or 128 cubic feet. 358. A Cord Foot is a part of this pile 1 foot long. It... | |
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A cord of wood is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. 
