 | Daniel Adams - Measurement - 1850 - 144 pages
...timber, A ton of round timber is such a quantity (about 50 feet) as will make 40 feet when hewn square. 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. A perch of stone or of masonry is 16| feet long,... | |
 | Benjamin Naylor - 1850 - 334 pages
...rate, for the freight of 50 boxes, each weighing 2s cwt. for 120 leagues ? Ans. £187 10s. (0.) 59. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains a cord, what is a pile 37 feet 6 inches long, 8 feet 4 inches high, and 3 feet 9 inches wide, worth... | |
 | George Roberts Perkins - Arithmetic - 1850 - 356 pages
...part of the 400 of the numerator, we get 40 Ibs. xfxfxf = --j— = 711i pounds, for the answer. 3. If a pile of wood, 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contain 1 cord, how many cords are there in a pile 26 feet long, 8 feet wide, and 12 feet high? In... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1850 - 314 pages
...foot; how many solid feet then in 14,323 solid inches, using 12 as a factor 3 times. A. 8^4^. 21. In a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, are 128 solid feet or 1 cord ; how many cords of wood then in a pile conaining 41,726 solid feet? A.... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1850 - 352 pages
...shipping, 1 foot of wood, or a cord foot, 1 cord, marked cu.ft. f" cu. yd. <cy " T. " c.ft. C. DBS. 1. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet highf contains 1 cord. For, 8X4X4=128. 144 COMPOUND. 2. A Cube is a solid body bounded by six equal... | |
 | Delos White Beadle - Commercial law - 1852 - 366 pages
...feet. 1 ton of shipping ; 40 cubic feet, 1 ton of unhewn timber ; 50 cubic feet 1 ton squared timber. A pile of wood 8 feet long-, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet Irish (or 128 cubic feet), make 1 cord. (USJ Wine Men sure. — 4 gills make 1 pint; 2 pints. 1 quart;... | |
 | James Bates Thomson - Arithmetic - 1854 - 106 pages
...cu.yJ. c.ft. O. T. T. 27 cubic feet 16 cubic feet ( 1 cord, 1 ton, - - 1 ton of shipping, i Ins. 1. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains 1 cord. For 8 into 4 into 4 = 128. sJru.ft.-lm.yit. 2. A Cube is a solid body bounded by six equal squares. It is often called... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - Arithmetic - 1854 - 356 pages
...16 cubic feet 1 cord foot. c. yd. . T. . T. c. ft. 1 cord of wood. c. WRITTEN ARITHMETIC. [CHAP. HI. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, contains just one cord, since 8x4x4=128. By this measure, firewood, timber, stone, and other articles which... | |
 | Thomas H. Palmer - Arithmetic - 1854 - 368 pages
.... 1 cord foot. 1 cord of wood. c. yd. . T. . T. c. ft. c. contains just one cord, since 8x4x4=128. A pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, which have the dimensions of length, breadth, and thickness, By this measure, firewood, timber, stone,... | |
 | Roswell Chamberlain Smith - Arithmetic - 1856 - 334 pages
...foot; how many solid feet then iu 14,323 solid inches, using 12 as a factor 3 times. A. S,"^. 21. In a pile of wood 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet high, are 128 solid feet or 1 cord; how many cords of wood then in a pile conaining 4 1,726 solid" feet?... | |
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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. 
