Weight Of A Cord Of Wood
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This section is from the book "The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook", by Isaac Ridler Butt. Also available from Amazon: The Tinman's Manual And Builder's And Mechanic's Handbook.
Weight Of A Cord Of Wood
Table of the Weight of a Cord of different kinds of Dry Wood, and the comparative value per Cord.
A Cord of Hickory, | 4469 | pounds, | - - Carbon - - | 100 | |
" | Maple, - - - | 2863 | " | - - " | 54 |
" | White Birch, - | 2360 | " | - - " | 48 |
" | " Beech, - | 3236 | " | - - " | 65 |
" | " Ash, - - | 3450 | " | - - " | 77 |
" | Pitch Pine, - - | 1904 | " | - - " | 43 |
" | White Pine, - | 1868 | " | - - " | 42 |
" | LombardyPoplar | 1774 | " | - - " | 10 |
" | White Oak - - | 3821 | " | - - " | 81 |
" | Yellow Oak, - | 2919 | " | - - " | 60 |
" | Red Oak, - - | 3254 | " | - - " | 69 |
Note.- -Nearly one half of the weight of a growing Oak tree consists of sap. ordinary Dry Wood contains about one-fourth of its weight in water,
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