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  2. Cord (unit) - Wikipedia

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    The cord is a unit of measure of dry volume used to measure firewood and pulpwood in the United States and Canada. A cord is the amount of wood that, when "racked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [1] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile 4 ...

  3. Firewood - Wikipedia

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    The actual wood volume of a cord may be in the range of 80 to 100 cubic feet (2.3 to 2.8 m 3) as stacked wood takes up more space than a piece of solid wood. The most common firewood piece length is 16 inches (41 cm). [28] The volume of a face cord or a rick [29] depends on the length of the logs that are stacked in a 4 by 8 ft (1.22 by 2.44 m ...

  4. Stere - Wikipedia

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    The stere is typically used for measuring large quantities of firewood or other cut wood, [1] while the cubic meter is used for uncut wood. [2] The name was coined from the Greek στερεός stereós, "solid", in 1795 in France as a metric analogue to the cord. The unit was introduced to remove regional disparities of this former unit, for ...

  5. Cordwood construction - Wikipedia

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    Cordwood masonry wall detail. The method is sometimes called stackwall because the effect resembles a stack of cordwood. A section of a cordwood home. Cordwood construction (also called cordwood masonry or cordwood building, alternatively stackwall or stovewood) is a term used for a natural building method in which short logs are piled crosswise to build a wall, using mortar or cob to ...

  6. Firewood processor - Wikipedia

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    A firewood processor is a machine designed to cut and split firewood with minimal manual handling of the logs. There are typically four main parts of the machine, each dedicated to a separate function. Processing begins with a log pile – a pile of logs that have been de-limbed and cut to an appropriate length, generally 12–20 feet (3.7–6. ...

  7. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A more unusual measurement for firewood is the "rick" or face cord. It is stacked 16 inches (40.6 cm) deep with the other measurements kept the same as a cord, making it 1 ⁄ 3 of a cord; however, regional variations mean that its precise definition is non-standardized. [45]

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