measurement of timber volume
1Timber cruise — A Timber Cruise is a sample measurement of a stand that is used to determine an estimate of the amount of timber that the forest contains. These measurements are collected at sample locations called plots or quadrants. Each of these individual… …
2List of unusual units of measurement — For units of measure primarily used in countries where English is not the main language, see the article specific to that country, a list of which can be found in the systems of measurement article. An unusual unit of measurement is a unit of… …
3Norwegian units of measurement — As in the case of the Danes the Norwegians earliest standards of measure can be derived from their ship burials. The 60 foot long Kvalsund boat (18.29 m) was built ca. 700 AD and differs from the Danish boats less than it does from the… …
4измерение объема лесоматериалов — Работа, заключающаяся в измерении или экспертной оценке показателей лесоматериалов, вычислении объема по этим показателям в соответствии с математической моделью применяемого метода регистрации результатов. [http://www.wood.ru/ru/slterm.html]… …
5hoppus foot — , hoppus board foot traditional units of volume in British forestry. In a 1736 manual of practical calculation, the English surveyor Edward Hoppus advised foresters to estimate the volume of wood in a log of length L and girth… …
6last — an ancient northern European unit used in measuring large quantities, either by mass or volume or both. Last is the German word for load, a meaning which also survives in the English word ballast. Generally the last is approximately 4000… …
7Riga last — a traditional British unit of volume used for measuring timber. The Riga last is named for the Latvian capital, Riga, which was a major port for the shipment of timber from Russian forests. A Riga last is 80 cubic feet (2.265 cubic meters) of… …
8cord — (cd) 1. a traditional unit of volume used to measure stacked firewood. Like most traditional units of trade, the cord has varied somewhat according to local custom. In the United States, the cord is defined legally as the volume of a stack of… …
9cunit — a measure of wood volume used in forestry. One cunit (pronounced cue nit) is a volume of timber containing 100 cubic feet (2.8317 cubic meters) of actual wood (excluding bark and air between the logs). The unit is used mostly for wood intended …
10super foot — 1. a British commercial unit of area equal to one square foot. The name originated as an abbreviation (ft. super. or super. ft.) for the superficial foot. 2. in Australia and New Zealand a super foot is a unit of volume for timber or… …
