| 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,... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson, Daniel W. Fish - Arithmetic - 1873 - 384 pages
...earth is called a load. 2. Railroad and transportation companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight. 3. A pile of wood 3 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord ; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length of... | |
| 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,... | |
| Horatio Nelson Robinson - Arithmetic - 1874 - 380 pages
...earth is called a load. 2. Railroad and transportation companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight....feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord ; and a onrd foot is 1 foot in length of snch a pile. 4. A perch of stone or of masonry is 164 feet long, 1^... | |
| 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 high, is called... | |
| John Homer French - Arithmetic - 1874 - 362 pages
...12 feet high and 4 feet thick contains 6,000 cubic feet. How long is it ? \25feet. 17. A pile ofWood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord. How many cubic feet in a cord ? / • j, £> f- 18. How many cubic feet in a stick of timber 35 feet... | |
| 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 - 468 pages
...earth is called a load. 2. Railroad and transportation companies estimate light freight by the space it occupies in cubic feet, and heavy freight by weight. 3. A pile of jiood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord; and a cord foot is 1 foot in length... | |
| 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 four feet, or nearly... | |
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