 | Frederic A. Adams - Arithmetic - 1846 - 230 pages
...feet will it take to form a cube of 10 feet? 13. How many cubic inches are there in a cubic foot ? 14. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet wide, makes a cord ; how many cubic feet are there in a cord ? 15. A pile of wood, 4 feet long, 4 feet high,... | |
 | Calvin Tracy - 1851 - 214 pages
...and thickness; as boxes, bins, timber, stone, Ac. The cord of wood contains 128 solid feet. Hence, a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet thick. contains just a cord, since 8X4X4=128. . TABLE IX. WINE MEASURE. 4 gills (gi.) . . make 1 pint,... | |
 | Frank H. Hall - Arithmetic - 1885 - 86 pages
...I lay it 4 in. to the weather; what part of it will be left if I lay it 4J in. to the weather? 347. A. pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide, is one cord; how much wood in a pile twice as long, twice as wide and twice as high? I have a cylindrical... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1918 - 1348 pages
...wood is "a measurement of wood containing 128 cubic feet." 9 Cyc. 977. It is otherwise expressed as a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet wide, which would make, of course, 128 cubic feet. [2, 3] The uneontradicted proof shows that the appellant... | |
 | Charles Scott Venable - Arithmetic - 1888 - 402 pages
.... make . . 1 cubic foot, . eu. ft. 27 cubic feet " . . 1 cubic yard, . cu. yd. 128 cubic feet " . . 1 cord, C. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high,...wide is a cord. One foot in length of 'this pile, or 16 cubic feet, is a cord foot. 226. A cube is a solid bounded by six equal squares. A cubic foot is... | |
 | James Baldwin - Arithmetic - 1891 - 278 pages
...-40 = (28) 1728 + 12 = (29) 144 -12 = (80) 1728 + 144 = CLASS WORK. Measuring Wood. 1. A farmer has a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet wide. How many cubic feet does it contain ? 2. Such a quantity of wood is called a Cord. Write and remember... | |
 | George E. Gay - 1898 - 90 pages
...cost me. How much did I lose ? 2. What is one-seventeenth of 9376 ? 3. How many cubic feet of wood in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet wide ? 4. How many square rods in a rectangular field 30 rods long and 15 rods wide ? 5. About how many... | |
 | John William Anderson - Prospecting - 1911 - 230 pages
...rock. Contour race (Min.) — A watercourse following the contour of the land. Cord (of timber) — A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet broad ; contains 128 cubic feet. Costeaning (Min.) — Trenching on the surface outcrop of a lode.... | |
 | Frederick Franklin Moon, Nelson Courtlandt Brown - Forests and forestry - 1914 - 420 pages
...no means scientific or^accurate when the entire contents of a log are used. A cord foefc is a stack of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. It contains 128 cubic feet gross, but, on account of the air spaces between the component pieces, may... | |
 | Jay Laird Burgess Taylor - Forests and forestry - 1916 - 440 pages
...concha, n. A metal or leather button. (Sp. : concha, a silver shell.) Pro. cont'-shah. cord, n. A measure of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high, and 4 feet wide. ». To arrange wood symmetrically for measurement. cork, ». To injure one hoof by a blow from the... | |
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A cord is a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet high and 4 feet wide. 
