 | Daniel Adams - 1848 - 322 σελίδες
...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 •* = 128 cubic feet. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 1.... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1849 - 344 σελίδες
...the 400 of the numerator, we get 40 Ibs. x f- xfxf = ^- 4 /— = 711 }- pounds, for the answer. 3. If a pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contain 1 cord, how many cords are there in a pile 26 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet high? In... | |
 | Nathan Daboll, David Austin Daboll - 1849 - 260 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 1 Ans. 8X4 X 4=128. 26. How many cords of wood in a, pile 8 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1849 - 142 σελίδες
...timber. A ton of round timber is such a quantity (about 50 feet) as will make 40 feet when hewn square. 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. A perch of stone or of masonry... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1850 - 314 σελίδες
...foot; how many solid feet then in 14,323 solid inches, using 12 as a factor 3 times. A. 8^4^. 21. In a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, are 128 solid feet or 1 cord ; how many cords of wood then in a pile conaining 41,726 solid feet? A.... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1850 - 144 σελίδες
...timber, A ton of round timber is such a quantity (about 50 feet) as will make 40 feet when hewn square. 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. A perch of stone or of masonry... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - 1850 - 356 σελίδες
...part of the 400 of the numerator, we get 40 Ibs. xfxfxf = --j— = 711i pounds, for the answer. 3. If a pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contain 1 cord, how many cords are there in a pile 26 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet high? In... | |
 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 σελίδες
...rate, for the freight of 50 boxes, each weighing 2s cwt. for 120 leagues ? Ans. £187 10s. (0.) 59. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains a cord, what is a pile 37 feet 6 inches long, 8 feet 4 inches high, and 3 feet 9 inches wide,... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1850 - 352 σελίδες
...shipping, 1 foot of wood, or a cord foot, 1 cord, marked cu.ft. f" cu. yd. <cy " T. " c.ft. C. DBS. 1. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet highf contains 1 cord. For, 8X4X4=128. 144 COMPOUND. 2. A Cube is a solid body bounded by six equal... | |
 | Delos White Beadle - 1852 - 366 σελίδες
...feet. 1 ton of shipping ; 40 cubic feet, 1 ton of unhewn timber ; 50 cubic feet 1 ton squared timber. A pile of wood 8 feet long-, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet Irish (or 128 cubic feet), make 1 cord. (USJ Wine Men sure. — 4 gills make 1 pint; 2 pints. 1 quart;... | |
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A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, or in any other form containing an equal quantity, is called a cord of wood. 
