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In Norway, the non-fiction book Hel Ved (In English: Solid Wood: All About Chopping, Drying and Stacking Wood – and the Soul of Wood-Burning) by Lars Mytting became a bestseller in 2011–2012, selling 150,000 copies. A version of the book has also been published in Sweden, selling 50,000 copies. [32]
The 16th C standardised a billet as three foot four inches in length, and ten inches around. [3]A century later, Anthony A Wood recorded a load of billet wood as costing 12s 6d; while extravagance consisted of "burning in one yeare threescore pounds worth of the choicest billet".
Initially, the project operated only in English from July 2003, expanding to include other languages in July 2004. [2] As of January 2025, there are active Wikiquote sites for 74 languages [1] comprising a total of 343,970 articles and 1,868 recently active editors. [3]
Use of wood heat declined in popularity with the growing availability of other, less labor-intensive fuels. Wood heat was gradually replaced by coal and later by fuel oil, natural gas and propane heating except in rural areas with available forests. After the 1967 Oil Embargo, many people in the United States used wood as fuel for the first ...
The book began with quotations originally in English, arranged them chronologically by author; Geoffrey Chaucer was the first entry and Mary Frances Butts the last. The quotes were chiefly from literary sources. A "miscellaneous" section followed, including quotations in English from politicians and scientists, such as "fifty-four forty or fight!".
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The output capacity of a firewood processor varies with the size and cost of the machine, from one cord per hour on a $22,000 entry-level machine (2020 prices)., [4] up to five or six cords per hour on a $60,000 industrial machine. (2020 prices). [5] See notes on output capacity ratings below.