 | Daniel Barnard Hagar - Arithmetic - 1874 - 120 pages
...chestnuts, but sold 3 pk. 4 qt. 1 pt. What fraction of a bushel had he left ? 7. What decimal of a cord in a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 3 feet 3 inches high ? 8. If half a dozen teaspoons weigh 2 oz. 9 pwt. 12 gr., what is the weight of... | |
 | Lorenzo Fairbanks - 1875 - 472 pages
...cents for the the third, and so on, in a fivefold ratio: what was the amount of his year's wages ? 18. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, makes a cord. Required the dimensions of a pile of a similar form, which will contain 91£ cords. 19.... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1875 - 462 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 is 1 foot in length of such a pile. 4. A perch of stone or of masonry... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1875 - 216 pages
...(cu. in) are 1 cubic foot, cu. ft. 27 cubic feet, 1 cubic yard, cu. yd. 128 cubic feet, 1 cord, C. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, is a cord. A cord foot (cf) is 1 foot in length of this pile, or 16 cubic feet. 1Cord- lc.f. A perch... | |
 | Emerson Elbridge White - Arithmetic - 1876 - 236 pages
...are 1 cord foot . . cd. ft. S cord feet, or ) , > are 1 cord . . . . co. 128 cubic feet J NOTE. — 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 1 cord foot. See cut on page 159. Wood... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1876 - 230 pages
...length, breadth, and bight or depth. Table. 1728 cubic inches (cu. in) are 27 cubic feet, 128 cubic feet, A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet' high, is a cord. A cord foot (cf) is 1 foot in length of this pile, or 16 cubic feet. iCort. ic.f. A perch... | |
 | Milton Browning Goff - Arithmetic - 1876 - 462 pages
...the cord. TABLE. 16 cu. ft. =1 cord foot ..... cd. ft. 8 cord feet, or U8eD.it [- cdA eord of wood is a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high. 8x4x4 = 128 cu ft. A eord foot is a pile of wood 4 feet high, 4 feet wide, and 1 foot thick. 4x4xl... | |
 | Joseph Ray - Arithmetic - 1877 - 108 pages
...cubic foot : marked cu. ft. 27 cubic feet " 1 cubic yard : " cu. yd. 128 cubic feet " 1 cord. NOTE. — A pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high contains a cord. TIME TABLE. 60 seconds (sec.) make 1 minute : marked min. 60 minutes " 1 hour : "... | |
 | Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1877 - 212 pages
...descending, 84}, 128, 8, 16, 50, 40, 27, 1728. 1. A cubic yard of earth Ы called a load. 3. A pUe of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord ; and a cord foot ie one foot tn length of euch a pile. 4. A pereh of stone, or of... | |
 | John Homer French - 1878 - 234 pages
...Wood Measure. They are chiefly used in measuring wood. Rough stone is also commonly sold by the cord. 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 1C cubic feet, and, therefore, is 1... | |
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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. 
