At 12:50 PM 5/28/97 -0500, you wrote:
>
> Cords may not be commonly used in Georgia, but when fall comes to Ohio
> signs for cords & face or short cords of wood pop up all over. :)
>
> BTW: A cord here is 4 x 4 x 8 or 128 cubic feet of wood. A face or
> short cord is 4 x 8 x the length of a log.
>
> Susan
>
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>Date: 5/28/97 9:39 AM
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>Along the lines of Martha's suggestion, there are some units that are no
>longer commonly used. For example, a cord of wood is one foot of wood that
>is 4 feet wide and 4 feet high (16 cubic feet of wood) and a perch of stone
>is a mass 16.5 ft long, 1.5 feet wide, and 1 foot high (24.75 cubic feet).
>It might be interesting to discuss how these terms came about and why
>these terms are no longer widely used.
>
>Another interesting story was presented, I believe, by someone in the group
>about the reason our railroads are the width they are. The punchline was
>that it was the width of a charioteer's horse's rear. If that story came
>from this group, perhaps you could find it in the archives or it could be
>resent.
>
>Roberta
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