 | Warren Colburn - 1824 - 292 σελίδες
...examples supply feet instead of inches, and do them over again. 39. What rule can you make for rinding the number of solid inches or feet in any regular...called a cord of wood. How many solid feet in a cord ? 42. Find the numbers for the following table. SOLID OK CUBIC MEASURE. /.'if solid inches make I solid... | |
 | James Ryan - 1827 - 290 σελίδες
...timber, make one load or ton — 42 feet is equal to 1 ton of shipping — 128 cubic feet (that is, a pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high,) make a cord of wood. * A cube is a body contained by six equal squares. Dice afford a familiar instance... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1848 - 322 σελίδες
...is such a quantity (about 50 feet) as will make 40 feet when hewn square. NOTE 3. — A pile or load of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord. 8 X 4 X 4 = 128 cubic feet. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 1. Reduce... | |
 | Warren Colburn - 1829 - 258 σελίδες
...inches thick 1 38. How many cubic inches in a block 18 inches long, 13 inches wide, and 1 inch thick 1 5 inches thick ? 11 inches thick ? In the above examples...called a cord of wood. How many solid feet in a cord ? 42. Find the numbers for the following table. SOLID OR CUBIC MEASURE. solid inches make 1 solid foot... | |
 | Ingram Cobbin - 1830 - 150 σελίδες
...cd. This is used to measure timber, wood, stone, and things that have length, breadth and thickness. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains a cord. 60 seconds 60 minutes 24 hours 7 days 4 weeks 365 days 100 years A year contains January... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1831 - 282 σελίδες
...a load of mod coût nias 128 solid fea, what ¡ч it callea J A. \ cord. 3. How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high ? A. 128 = 1 cord. How many cords of wood in a pile tí feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet high ? A.... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1839 - 308 σελίδες
...When a load of wood contains 128 solid feet, what a il called? A. 1 cord. 3. How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high? A. 128,;= 1 cord. How many cords of wood in a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet high ? A. 256... | |
 | Nathan Daboll - 1839 - 220 σελίδες
...feet long, 2 feet wide and 2 feet thick, contains 2x2x2=8 cubic feet, &c. 25. How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high ? Ans. 8 x 4 x 4=128. 26. How many cords of wood in a pile 8 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1840 - 316 σελίδες
...S. yd. 40 feel of round or 50 feet of hewn timber make 1 Ion — T. 128 solid feet make 1 cord— C. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains just one cord, since 8x4x4 = 128. XII. CIRCULAR MOTION. TABLE. 60 seconds (") make 1 minute... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1841 - 274 σελίδες
...of the 400 of the numerator, we get 8X4X5X40 = 3X3 — — =711£ pounds, for the answer. 9 . 3. If a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contain one cord of wood, how many cords are there in a pile 26 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet... | |
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A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 
