Corde

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The cord was a French measure of firewood and was equal to the fathom . It remained in use on Guadeloupe from January 1825 and on Martinique from January 1928 , despite the introduction of the new system of measures and weights . The French measure also applied in Belgium. The measure is not to be confused with the cord or string, the length measure or corda, the wine measure.

One variant was

The "base pile" of firewood was 8 feet wide and 4 feet high. The log length should be 4 feet. He was like the old Corde de grand bois .

  • 1 corde de port (harbor fathom) = 140 cubic feet = 4.798816 ster
    • Dimensions of the pile: width 8 feet, height 5 feet, log length 3½ feet

The second variant was

  • 1 cord = 96 Paris cubic feet = 3.2906 cubic meters

The “basic pile” of firewood was 2 feet narrower here, 6 feet wide and 4 feet high. The log length should be 4 feet. In comparison, 3 cords corresponded to the first variant and 4 cords to the second variant.

It is also known as 1 corde / corde d'ordonnance / state domain fathom with only 3 ½ feet of log length, that was 112 Paris cubic feet or 3,837 cubic meters. As a Strasbourg measure, the cord was only 3.23 cubic meters.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1396.
  2. ↑ Leopold Carl Bleibtreu : Handbook of coin, measure and weight, and the bill of exchange, government paper, banking and shares in European and non-European countries and cities. Published by J. Engelhorn, Stuttgart 1863, p. 416.
  3. ^ A b Christian Noback, Friedrich Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios, the government papers, the exchange and banking system and the customs of all countries and trading places. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1850, p. 853.
  4. ^ Johann Friedrich Krüger : Complete manual of the coins, measures and weights of all countries in the world. Gottfried Basse, Quedlinburg and Leipzig 1830, p. 79.
  5. ^ Christian Noback, Friedrich Eduard Noback: Complete paperback of the coin, measure and weight ratios…. Volume 1, FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1851, p. 1177.