5997. American Cord-Wood Measure

5997.   American Cord-Wood Measure. Timber is measured by the ton of 50 cubic feet of round, or 40 cubic feet of hewn timber. Cord-wood is measured by the cord, which consists of a pile 8 lineal feet long and 4 feet high; and, as the wood is reckoned to be 4 feet in length, contains 128 cubic feet. A stick of cord-wood should measure 4 feet 4 inches from end to end, to compensate for the slope or bevil of the cut, and provide for an equivalent of 4 feet of solid wood. The contents of each lineal foot of the length of the pile is called a cord foot, and contains one-eighth part of a cord, or 16 cubic feet. A New York load of wood is one-third of a cord.

A shipping ton contains 42 cubic feet. Also, the cubic foot being considered unity, or 1, a cylinder 1 foot in diameter and 1 foot in length = .7854.

A sphere 1 foot in diameter = .5236.

A cone 1 foot in diameter at the base and 1 foot in height = .2619.

5998. Cubic Measure in Cubic Metres

5998.    Cubic Measure in Cubic Metres. 1 Yard =         .76450 Cubic Metres

1 Foot = 28.31486 Cubic Decimetres 1 Inch as 16.38591 Cubic Centimetres

5999. Table of Solid Feet reduced to Solid Inches

5999.    Table of Solid Feet reduced to Solid Inches.

1 cubic yard = 3 feet x 3 feet x 3 feet = 27 cubic feet. The cubic yard has become the standard for all contract work of late years. Stone walls less than 16 inches thick count as if 16 inches thick to mason; over 16 inches thick, each inch additional is measured. Number of Bricks required in Walls for each Square Foot of Face of Wall.

Thickness of wall.

4 inches........ 7 1/8

8 " ........  15

12 " ........  22 1/2

16 " ........  30

20 " ........  37 1/2i

Thickness of Wall.

24 inches........ 46

28 " ........ 52 1/2

32  " ........ 6O

33  " ........ 67i

42 " ........ 75

Cubic yard = 600 bricks in wall. Perch (22 cubic feet) = 500 bricks in wall. To pave 1 sq. yard on flat requires 41 bricks. " 1         " edge " 68 "