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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

  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ 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.
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