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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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    A full cord or bush cord has a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.6 m 3), including wood, bark, and air space in a neatly stacked pile. [27] 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 ...

  4. Stere - Wikipedia

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    The stere or stère (st) is a unit of volume in the original metric system equal to one cubic metre. 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 ...

  5. Fid - Wikipedia

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    A one-half-inch (12.7 mm) diameter rope would have any accompanying fid 10.5–11 in (266.7–279.4 mm) in length with hash-marks denoting the long and short fid measurements. A short fid is 1 ⁄ 3 a fid length and a long fid is 2 ⁄ 3 the overall fid length.

  6. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A cord is the amount of wood that, when "ranked and well stowed" (arranged so pieces are aligned, parallel, touching and compact), occupies a volume of 128 cubic feet (3.62 m 3). [44] This corresponds to a well-stacked woodpile, 4 feet deep by 4 feet high by 8 feet wide (122 cm × 122 cm × 244 cm), or any other arrangement of linear ...

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  8. Janka hardness test - Wikipedia

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    The Janka hardness test (English: / ˈdʒæŋkə /; [1] German: [ˈjaŋka]), created by Austrian-born American researcher Gabriel Janka (1864–1932), measures the resistance of a sample of wood to denting and wear. [citation needed] It measures the force required to embed an 11.28-millimeter-diameter (7⁄16 in) steel ball halfway into a ...

  9. Firewood processor - Wikipedia

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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)., [3] up to five or six cords per hour on a $60,000 industrial machine.