 | John Fair Stoddard - Mental arithmetic - 1865 - 78 pages
...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 - Arithmetic - 1866 - 200 pages
....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 is l6>£ feet long, 1% feet wide,... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1866 - 326 pages
...heavy freight is estimated by weight. 3. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and 8 feet long contains 1 cord ; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile, thus: 8 FT LONG 4. A perch of stone or masonry is 16£ feet long, 1^ feet wide, and 1 foot high, and... | |
 | George Payn Quackenbos - Arithmetic - 1867 - 148 pages
...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 - Arithmetic - 1867 - 304 pages
...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,... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1868 - 468 pages
...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 ie 1 foot in length of such a pile. 4. A perch of stone or of masonry is 16i feet long, 1J feet wide,... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1868 - 360 pages
...heavy freight is estimated by weight. 3. A pile of wood 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, and 8 feet long, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile, thus : — ^ , ' 1 8 FT LONG 4. A perch of stone or masonry is 161 feet long, It feet wide, and 1 foot... | |
 | Stoddard A. Felter - Arithmetic - 1868 - 238 pages
...— Multiply the LENGTH. ana that product by the (d.) A pile of wood 4 feet.vmte, asA and 8 feet long contains 1 cord: and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of such a pile, thus : 8 FT LONC PROBLEMS. 1. НОЛУ many cubic feet in 2 cubic yards ? In 4 cu. yds. ? In 1728 cu.... | |
 | Wilshire S. Courtney - Agriculture - 1869 - 532 pages
...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, \\ feet wide, and 1 foot high, and contains 24J cubic... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1873 - 260 pages
...cubic feet, . . 8 cord feet, or, ) 128 cubic feet, J 1 cd. = 8 cd. ft. = 128 cu. ft. NOTES. — 1. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord ; and 1 foot in length of such a pile contains one cord foot. (See cut above.) 2. Formerly 40 feet of round... | |
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... 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. 
