 | Samuel Temple - 1825 - 118 σελίδες
...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 - 214 σελίδες
...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 4 feet high, containing 128 cubick feet, or 8 feet of cord wood. A foot of cord wood is a pile 4 feet long, 4 feet... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1829 - 156 σελίδες
...considered as belonging to arithmetic and algebra. 4. A cord of wood is in the form of a quadrangular prism, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. How many solid feet does it contain ? 0. If a prism contain 900 solid feet, and if its altitude be 20 feet,... | |
 | Conley Plotts - 1848 - 276 σελίδες
...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... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - 1862 - 312 σελίδες
...cord cost $5.888, what will 39 feet cost? 46 feet? 84 feet? 37 feet? 301. Bought a pile of wood 19 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high; how many cubic feet? 302. Bought a pile of wood 27 feet long, 4 feet wide, 7 feet high ; what was the cost, at $4.992 per... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1868 - 428 σελίδες
...= 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 - 472 σελίδες
...measured .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 - 316 σελίδες
...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 - 584 σελίδες
...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 - 250 σελίδες
...ft. 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. A cord foot is a part of this pile 1 foot long; it equals 16 cubic feet. 
