1728 cubic inches (cu. in.) = 1 cubic foot (cu. ft.)
27 cubic feet = 1 cubic yard (cu. yd.)
128 cubic feet = 1 cord (C.)
Cubic Cubic Cubic
Yard Feet Inches
1 = 27 = 46656
A _cord_ of wood or stone is a pile 8 feet long, 4 feet wide, and 4 feet
high.
A pile of wood 4 feet high, 4 feet wide and 1 foot long makes a _cord
foot_. 8 cord feet = 1 cord.
A _perch_ of stone or masonry is 16-1/2 feet long, 1-1/2 feet thick, and
1 foot high, and contains 24-3/4 cubic feet.
A _cubic yard_ of earth is considered a _load_.
Brick work is commonly estimated by the thousand bricks.
Bricklayers, masons, and joiners commonly make a deduction of one half
the space occupied by windows and doors in the walls of buildings.
In computing the contents of walls, masons and bricklayers multiply the
entire distance around on the outside of the wall by the height and
thickness. The corners are thus measured twice.
A cubic foot of distilled water at the maximum density, at the level of
the sea, and the barometer at 30 inches, weighs 62-1/2 pounds or 1000
ounces avoirdupois.
By actual measurements, it has been found that a bushel, dry measure,
contains about 1-1/4 cubic feet. This makes it easy to estimate about
how many bushels any bin will hold.