 Wood is generally cut for the market into sticks 4 feet long, and laid in piles, so that the length of the sticks becomes the width of the pile. A pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord. One eighth of a cord is called 1 cord foot.  The Franklin Elementary Arithmetic - Page 86by Edwin Pliny Seaver - 1880 - 144 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Thomas Rainey - Arithmetic - 1849 - 334 pages
...learned in arithmetic. WOOD AND BARK. ' WOOD and BARK are generally measured by the cord, which is a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long. The word cord is derived from the Welsh cord, signifying a twist, relating to a rope : hence, the cord,... | |
 | Charles Davies - 1852 - 344 pages
...- - - 1 cord foot, C.ft. 8 cord feet, or ) 11 r, DENOMINATE NUMBERS. NOTE. — 1. A cord of wood ia a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long. 2. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of the pile which makes a cord. 3. A CUBE is a figure bounded by... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1856 - 450 pages
...yard, 1 ton, - - T. 1 ton of shipping, T. 1 cord, " - - 0. 1 perch, P. NOTES. — 1. A cord of wood is a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long. 2. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of the pile which makes a cord. 3. A CUBE is a figure bounded by... | |
 | Charles Davies - Arithmetic - 1863 - 346 pages
...40 = 69120. = 50 = 86400. cord. 1 2f = 42 = 72576. 8 = 128 =221184. NOTES. — 1. A cord of wood is a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long. 2. A cord foot is 1 foot in length of the pile which makes a cord. 3. A ton of round timber, when square,... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 364 pages
...heavier. . In measuring firewood and some other merchandise, the denomination cord is used. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord. A pile 4 feet wide, 4 foet high, and 1 foot long, contains 1 cord foot. Hence, 16 cu. ft. 8 cd. ft.... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1864 - 376 pages
...heavier. In measuring firewood and some other merchandise, the denomination cord is used. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord. A pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 1 foot long, contains 1 cord foot. Hence, 16 cu. ft. = 1 cord... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa Nobles Lincoln Walton - Arithmetic - 1869 - 350 pages
...foot, and cubic foot. These are the units of WOOD MEASURE. 1 cord. cord. I cd. ft. 321. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord ; a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 1 foot long, contains 1 cord foot. TABLE. 16 cubic feet = 1... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...by the number of cubic feet it occupies; but heavy freight is estimated by weight. 3. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord ; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 4. A perch of stone or masonry is 16£ feet long,... | |
 | George Augustus Walton, Electa N. L. Walton - Arithmetic - 1871 - 348 pages
...and cubic foot. These are the units of WOOD MEASURE. 1 cord. J cord. 1 cd. ft. 321. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord ; a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 1 foot long, contains 1 cord foot. TABLE. 16 cubic feet = 1... | |
 | George Augustus Walton - Arithmetic - 1873 - 348 pages
...foot, and cubic foot. These are the units of WOOD MEASURE. 1 cord. cord. 1 cd. ft. 331. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord ; a pile 4 feet wide, 4 feet high, and 1 foot long, contains 1 cord foot. 16 cubic feet 8 cord feet... | |
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