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  2. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    One brass is exactly 100 square feet (9.29 m 2) area (used in measurement of work done or to be done, such as plastering, painting, etc.). The same word is used, however, for 100 cubic feet (2.83 m 3) of estimated or supplied loose material, such as sand, gravel, rubble, etc

  3. Cubic yard - Wikipedia

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    A cubic yard (symbol yd 3) [1] is an Imperial / U.S. customary (non-SI non-metric) unit of volume, used in Canada and the United States. It is defined as the volume of a cube with sides of 1 yard (3 feet , 36 inches , 0.9144 meters ) in length .

  4. List of conversion factors - Wikipedia

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    cubic foot of atmosphere; standard cubic foot: cu ft atm; scf ≡ 1 atm × 1 ft 3 = 2.869 204 480 9344 × 10 3 J: cubic foot of natural gas: ≡ 1000 BTU IT = 1.055 055 852 62 × 10 6 J: cubic yard of atmosphere; standard cubic yard: cu yd atm; scy ≡ 1 atm × 1 yd 3 = 77.468 520 985 2288 × 10 3 J: electronvolt: eV ≡ e × 1 V ≡ 1.602 176 ...

  5. Hawaii's beaches are disappearing: The uncertain future of ...

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    Historically, sand is vacuumed from offshore to resupply sand on the beach. Most recently, this was done in 2021 with 21,700 cubic yards of sand, but will likely happen every five to 10 years in ...

  6. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    {{convert|123|cuyd|m3+board feet}} → 123 cubic yards (94 m 3; 40,000 board feet) The following converts a pressure to four output units. The precision is 1 (1 decimal place), and units are abbreviated and linked.

  7. Cubic ton - Wikipedia

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    Stone, 16 cubic feet (0.453 m 3) Salt, 42 US bushels (1.480 m 3) Lime, 40 US bushels (1.410 m 3) Coke, 28 US bushels (0.99 m 3) Wheat, 20 US bushels (0.705 m 3) The nearest thing to a standard cubic ton seems to be the "timber" cubic ton (40 cubic feet or 1.133 cubic metres) which is used by freight transport operators in the US. [1] [2]

  8. Tree box filter - Wikipedia

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    The tree is planted in a soil mixture of construction sand, unscreened topsoil, and compost. [5] The soil layer must be deep enough to accommodate nutrient and space requirements of the tree. It is recommended that there be 2 cubic feet (0.057 m 3) of soil for every 1 cubic foot (0.028 m 3) of tree canopy. [6]

  9. Beach nourishment - Wikipedia

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    The project planned to apply up to 24,000 cubic yards (18,000 m 3) of sand from deposits located 1,500 to 3,000 feet (460 to 910 m) offshore at a depth of 10 to 20 feet (3.0 to 6.1 m). The project was larger than the prior recycling effort in 2006-07, which moved 10,000 cubic yards (7,600 m 3). [59]