 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1859 - 362 σελίδες
...companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight. 3. 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. 4. A perch of stone or of masonry... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1860 - 440 σελίδες
...round, or > 50 ft. of hewn timber f 42 cubic feet 16 cubic feet 8 cord feel, or > 128 cubic feet ) A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 For, 8X4X4=128. 1 cubic foot, 1 cubic yard, marked cu.ft. " cu. yd. 1 ton, or load, ii ^... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1860 - 444 σελίδες
...companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight. 3. 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. 4. A perch of stone or of masonry... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - 1861 - 298 σελίδες
...wide, and 12 inches thick? A. 1 solid foot. Q. When a load of wood contains 12S solid feet, what is it called ? A. 1 cord. 3. How many solid feet in a pile...feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high? A. 128,:=! cord. How many cords of wood in a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 8 feet high? A. 256 solid feet,... | |
 | Daniel Adams - 1861 - 452 σελίδες
...Timber is bought and sold by the square and cubic foot, not by the tun. NOTE 3. — A pile or load of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord. 8* 4 x 4 = 128 cubic feet. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. REDUCTION.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - 1862 - 436 σελίδες
...round, or 50 ft. of hewn timber 42 cubic feet 16 cubic feet 8 cord feet, or > 128 cubic feet ) A pita of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 <ml POT, 8X4X4:= 128. Q,DEbT. -•<-. What ls a square 7 What If a square inch ? A square... | |
 | John Fair Stoddard - 1865 - 78 σελίδες
...50ft. hewn timber fl lon' r' 16 Cubic feet " 1 Cord foot, " e.ft. " 1 Cord of wood," ed. 128 Cubic feet A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high is a cord. 1. In 2 cords how many cord feet ? 2. In 2 cords how many cubic feet ? 3. In 3 cubic yards... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - 1866 - 200 σελίδες
....16, 50, 40, 27, 1728. KOTES. 1. A cubic yard of earth is called a load. cubic feet 24f cubic feet 8. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord ; and a cord foot is one foot in length of such a pile. 4 Apvrchof stone or of masonry... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - 1867 - 148 σελίδες
...oats last a horse, if he is fed 8 quarts a day ? 26. At the rate of $4 a cord, what is the value of a pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high? 27. If sound moves at the rate of 1120 feet in a second, how many miles off is a cannon that is heard... | |
 | Richard Nelson - 1867 - 304 σελίδες
...cord, which should measure 128 cubic feet closely piled, or 138 feet if stowed in a boat or barge. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet thick contains a cord. BRICKLAYERS' MEASURE. — The common dimensions of a brick are 8 inches long,... | |
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How many solid feet in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high? 
