Cord (room dimension)
The cord is a unit of measure for wood and in the USA and Canada a common unit of measurement in the trade in firewood and wood chips and was also used in the three united kingdoms of England , Scotland and Ireland . One cord is equivalent to 4 by 4 by 8 feet = 128 cubic feet (3.62 m³) of stacked logs (including the spaces in between the layers) and thus about one fathom .
In Canada, the cord is set by law by Measurement Canada , a government agency. In the United States, NIST Manual 130 defines the size of a cord and sets uniform rules for selling firewood and firewood. In the metric system, firewood is usually measured in ster or cubic meters .
One cubic meter of wood without spaces is the solid cubic meter (fm).
The following guide values can be used for conversion:
| Conversion figures |
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| 1.0 solid cubic meter (fm) = 1.4 cubic meters / ster (rm) = 0.386 cord |
| 0.7 solid cubic meter (fm) = 1.0 cubic meter / ster (rm) = 0.276 cord |
The amount of wood in the content of a cord depends on the size and shape of the piece as well as the care taken when placing it and can therefore vary.
A parliamentary act of June 17, 1824 caused the introduction of uniform weights and measures in the three united kingdoms of England, Scotland and Ireland, which came into force on January 1, 1826 under the name Imperial Measures.
A distinction was made between shids (logs), billets (cocks), fagots (bundles of rice), fall wood (dry wood) and cord wood (cordwood). Cord wood was the thicker type of firewood and was measured according to a fathom, the cord, or the line, there were two different dimensions:
- 1 variant 14 feet in length by 3 feet in width by 3 feet in height, corresponding to 126 cubic feet (English) = 104.084 cubic feet (paris) = 3.56773 stars
- 2 Variant 8 feet in length by 4 feet in width by 4 feet in height corresponding to 128 cubic feet (engl.) = 105.737 cubic feet (paris) = 3.62436 ster
When calculating the size of the firewood:
- 1 cord = 1000 billets of wood = 10 Hundred Weight (English quintals = 1120 pounds of avoirdupois wood)
- 1 cord wood = ½ chaldron coals
Web links
- Conversion figures and sales dimensions of logs (PDF) - Bavarian State Institute for Forests and Forestry (PDF; 178 kB)
- How much wood does cord firewood contain? (English)
Individual evidence
- ^ Weights and Measures Division NIST : Uniform Laws and Regulations in the Areas of Legal Metrology and Engine Fuel Quality . In: NIST Handbook 130 - 2006 Edition . 2006. Archived from the original on October 10, 2008. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
- ^ Christian Noback , Friedrich Eduard 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 centers . FA Brockhaus, Leipzig 1849, p. 547.
