 | Shelton Palmer Sanford - Arithmetic - 1872 - 404 pages
...solid contents of a cubical body we multiply the length, breadth and thickness together. ART. 173. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide and 4 feet high contains a cord of wood. A cord is thus seen to be 128 cubic feet. Ex. 1. In 19 cu. yd. 4 cu. ft. 8... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - 1872 - 220 pages
...length, breadth, and hight 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. A perch of masonry,... | |
 | Henry Bartlett Maglathlin - Arithmetic - 1873 - 362 pages
...Cube? A Rectangular Solid ? To what is tho contents of a rectangular solid equal 1 Repeat the Table. 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. A perch of masonry,... | |
 | Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1874 - 176 pages
...Feet = 1 \ Perch of Stone, I Pch. ( or of Masonry ) 16 Cubic Feet 8 Cord-Feet, or \ 128 Cubic Feet 2. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high contains 1 cord. 3. One foot in length of such a pile, that is, 1 foot long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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.... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, or in any other form containing an equal quantity, is called a cord of wood. 
