 | Iowa - 1881 - 762 pages
...decimal place, and the result will be the answer in wine gallons. How to measure boards. RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet. How to measure scantlings, joists, planks, sills,... | |
 | Western Publishing Company (Sioux City, Iowa) - Iowa - 1882 - 574 pages
...decimal place, and the result will be the answer in wine gallons. How to measure boards. RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet. How to measure scantlings, joists, planks, sills,... | |
 | Richard Moore - Formulas, recipes, etc - 1882 - 1024 pages
...length in feet), and divide the product by 12 ; the result will be the square feet. To Measure Boards— Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 ; the result will be the number of square feet it contains. EXPLOSIVE FORCE OF VARIOUS SUBSTANCES USED... | |
 | History - 1882 - 1152 pages
...decimal place, and the result will be the answer in wine gallons. How to measure boards. RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet. How to measure scantlings, joists, -planks, sills,... | |
 | Silas Sadler Packard, Byron Horton - Business mathematics - 1882 - 324 pages
...measure. 166. When lumber is not more than one inch thick, to find the number of feet board measure : Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. in the same denomination ; or, more LIQUID MEASURE. 167. Liquid Measure is used for measuring liquids.... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 282 pages
...ART. 131. 1. TQ find the number of feet of lumber in a board 1 inch or less in thickness : Bule. — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. 2. To find the number of feet in lumber more than 1 inch in thickness : Bule. — Multiply the number... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1883 - 290 pages
...Aкт. 131. 1. To find the number of feet of lumber in a board 1 inch or less in thickness: Bule. — Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. 2. To find the number of feet in lumber more than 1 inch in thickness : 221 LESSON XLVII. MEASUREMENTS... | |
 | Zalmon Richards - Arithmetic - 1885 - 136 pages
...two ends. The length is usually in feet and the width in inches. To find the contents in board-feet : Multiply the length in feet by the width in inches and divide the product by 12. 1. A plank is 16 feet long and 16 inches wide. How 16x16 many board-feet.-' = 21^=ANS. 2. A plank is... | |
 | 1885 - 550 pages
...one-fifth being allowed to the purchaser for waste in sawing. To Measure Inch Boards.— Multiply th« length in feet by the width in inches, and divide the product by 12. The quotient will be the contents in feet. For lumber I J4 inches thick, add % to the quotient. If... | |
 | William A. Morrison - Steam engineering - 1887 - 224 pages
...length of the belt in feet. To FIND THE APPROXIMATE WEIGHT OF BELTS. Multiply the length of the belt, in feet, by the width in inches and divide the product by 13 for single, and 8 for double belt. GEARING. In general, the term " gearing " is applied to all parts... | |
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RULE. — Multiply the length (in feet) by the width (in inches) and divide the product by 12 — the result will be the contents in square feet. 
