Measure, &c. 5,280 feet in a mile. 63,360 inches in a mile. 190,080 barley-corns in a mile. 57:75 cubic inches in a quart. 2,150-4 cubic inches in a bushel. 1.2444 cubic feet in a bushel. 3,600 seconds in an hour. 86,400 seconds in a day of twenty-four hours 31,557,600 seconds in a year. 1,728 cubic inches in a foot. 128 feet make one cord of wood. 5 Comparative Value and Weight of Different Kinds of Fire Wood, assuming as a standard the Shell NOTE. It is estimated that a cord of wood contains, when green, 1443 pounds of water equal to 1 hogshead and 2 barrels of water. |