Cord-foot
Appearance
Cord-foot was a US unit of volume for stacked firewood. Symbol for the unit was cd-ft.[1]
Definition
16 cubic foot.[1] A unit of wood four feet long, four feet wide and one foot high; equal to one eighth of a cord.[2]
Conversion
1 Cord-foot≡ 16 cubic foot[1]
1 Cord-foot≡ 0.453069545472 m3
See also
References
- ^ a b c Cardarelli, F. (2003). Encyclopaedia of Scientific Units, Weights and Measures. Their SI Equivalences and Origins. London: Springer. p. 52. ISBN 978-1-4471-1122-1.
- ^ Luther Ainsworth (1837). Practical Mercantile Arithmetic: In which the Theory and Practice of Arithmetic are Familiarly Explained and Illustrated, by a Great Variety of Mercantile, Mechanical and Mathematical Problems. Providence: B. Cranston. p. 220. ISBN 978-1130955545.