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For the cubic ton, the situation is more complex—there are different cubic tons for different materials. The 1964 Reader's Digest Great Encyclopaedic Dictionary gave the following ton-derived volumes: Timber, 40 cubic feet or 480.0 bd ft or 1.133 m 3; Stone, 16 cubic feet (0.453 m 3) Salt, 42 US bushels (1.480 m 3) Lime, 40 US bushels (1.410 m 3)
This volume measurement was developed to estimate what volume of a round log would be usable timber after processing, in effect attempting to ‘square’ the log and allow for waste. The hoppus ton (HT) was also a traditionally used unit of volume in British forestry. One hoppus ton is equal to 50 hoppus feet or 1.8027 cubic meters.
The Act of 1704 encouraged the import of naval stores form New England, offering £4 per ton of tar or pitch, £3 per ton of resin of turpentine, and £1 per ton of masts and bowsprits (40 cubic feet). The Act of 1705 forbade the cutting of unfenced or small pitch pine and tar trees with a diameter less than twelve inches.
1.3 Timber mark. 2 History. 3 Conversion of wood logs. 4 Dimensional lumber. ... (half a ton of CO 2 is emitted to manufacture a ton of concrete; ...
1 ⁄ 12 ft 3 The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada [ 1 ] . It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters .
Cameron's 1 Ton Survey Post is rare as one of the largest timber survey posts in Australia and marks the termination of the survey by John Cameron, at Latitude 29°. [ 1 ] The place has a special association with the life or work of a particular person, group or organisation of importance in Queensland's history.
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Stumpage is the price a private firm pays for the right to harvest timber from a given land base. It is paid to the current owner of the land. It is paid to the current owner of the land. Historically, the price was determined on a basis of the number of trees harvested, or "per stump".