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  2. Board foot - Wikipedia

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    The board foot or board-foot is a unit of measurement for the volume of lumber in the United States and Canada [1]. It equals the volume of a board that is one foot (30.5 cm) in length, one foot in width, and one inch (2.54 cm) in thickness, or exactly 2.359 737 216 liters. Board foot can be abbreviated as FBM (for "foot, board measure"), BDFT ...

  3. List of unusual units of measurement - Wikipedia

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    A board foot is a United States and Canadian unit of approximate volume, used for lumber. It is equivalent to 1 inch × 1 foot × 1 foot (144 cu in or 2,360 cm 3). It is also found in the unit of density pounds per board foot. In Australia and New Zealand the terms super foot or superficial foot were formerly used for this unit. The exact ...

  4. Girard form class - Wikipedia

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    Girard form class is a form quotient calculated as the ratio of diameter inside bark at the top of the first 16 foot log to the diameter outside bark at breast height ().Its purpose is to estimate board-foot volume of whole trees from measurement of DBH, estimation of the number of logs, and estimation of the taper of the first log, based on the general relationships identified between the ...

  5. Deal (unit) - Wikipedia

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    Deal is an obsolete unit of measurement formerly used in the UK and US to measure wood. [1] In the late 18th and early 19th centuries, a deal originally referred to a wooden board between 12 and 14 feet long that was traded as a maritime commodity. [2] [3]

  6. Standard (timber unit) - Wikipedia

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    The Christiania standard was 5 ⁄ 8 of the Petersburg standard, making it 103.125 cubic feet. [3] The Swedish standard hundred was 121 boards of 14 feet long, 3 inches thick and 9 inches wide, making 317.625 cubic feet. [5] The Norwegian standard hundred was 120 boards of 12 feet long, 3 inches thick and 9 inches wide, making 270 cubic feet. [5]

  7. Help:Convert units - Wikipedia

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    A hand is a unit of length used to measure the height of horses. One hand is four inches, and a value of 12.3 hands represents 12 hands + 3 inches (51 inches). Output name