Adopted by FAO Forestry and Forest Products Division in June 1947. Tables on "Wood Measures" follow recommendations of the Statistics Conferences held in Washington and Rome in 1947.*
* Inches, feet, and yards are the U. S.: British units.
I. GENERAL MEASURES
|
Units of Length |
Units of Area |
Units of Volume |
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1 inch |
= |
2.540 cm. |
1 square inch |
= |
6.452 cm² |
1 cu. in. |
= |
16.39 cm³ |
|
1 centimeter |
= |
0.3937 in. |
1 cm² |
= |
0.155 sq. in. |
1 cm³ |
= |
0.061 cu. in. |
|
1 foot |
= |
0.3048 m. |
1 square foot |
= |
0.0929 m² |
1 cu. ft. |
= |
0.02832 m³ |
|
1 meter |
= |
3.281 ft. |
1 m² |
= |
10.76 sq. ft. |
1 m³ |
= |
35.31 cu. ft. |
|
1 yard |
= |
0.9144 m. |
1 square mile |
= |
259 ha. |
NOTE: For Wood Measures see, Table II, "Processed Wood" and "Roundwood," below. |
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|
1 meter |
= |
1.094 yd. |
1 hectare |
= |
0.003861 sq. mi. |
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|
1 mile |
= |
1.609 km. |
1 acre |
= |
0.4047 ha. |
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|
1 kilometer |
= |
0.621 mi. |
1 hectare |
= |
2.471 acres |
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|
1 yard |
= |
3 feet = 36 inches |
1 square mile |
= |
640 acres |
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Units of Capacity Liquid Measure |
Units of Mass |
Pressure |
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|
1 cu. in. |
= |
0.01639 liter |
1 pound |
= |
0.454 kg. |
1 lb./sq. ft. |
= |
4.882 kg./m² |
|
1 gallon (U. S. |
= |
3.785 liter |
1 kilogram |
= |
2.205 lb. |
1 kg./m² |
= |
0.2048 lb./sq. ft. |
|
1 gallon (imp.) |
= |
4.542 liter |
1 short ton |
= |
0.9072 metric tons |
1 lb./sq. in. |
= |
703.1 gm./cm² |
|
1 liter |
= |
61 cu. in. |
1 metric ton |
= |
1.102 short tons |
1 gm./cm² |
= |
0.0142 lb./sq. in. |
|
1 liter |
= |
0.2642 gal. (U.S.) |
1 long ton |
= |
1.016 metric tons |
1 lb./cu. ft. |
= |
16.02 kg./m³ |
|
1 liter |
= |
0.3170 gal. (imp.) |
1 metric ton |
= |
0.9842 long tons |
1 kg./m³ |
= |
0.06243 lb./cu. ft. |
|
1 gallon |
= |
4 quarts |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
1 cu. ft./acre = 0.07 m³/ha. |
|
|
|
1 m³/ha. = 14.29 cu. ft./acre |
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II. WOOD MEASURES
ROUNDWOOD
|
Product |
Unit |
Solid Volume Without Dark |
|
|
Cubic Meters |
Cubic Feet |
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|
Sawlogs |
1,000 board feet |
4.53 |
160 |
|
Pulpwood |
Cord (128 cu. ft.) |
2.55 |
90 |
|
Stere (Raummeter)-coniferous |
0.75 |
26.5 |
|
|
Fuelwood |
Cord (128 cu. ft.) |
2.12 |
75 |
|
Stere - coniferous |
0.70 |
24.7 |
|
|
Stere - broadleaved |
0.65 |
23.0 |
|
PROCESSED WOOD
|
Solid Volume of Lumber |
Equivalent Solid Volume of Sawlogs | ||||
|
Cubic Meters |
Cubic Feet |
Petrograd Standards |
1,000 Board Feet Measure |
Cubic Meters |
Cubic Feet |
|
1 |
35.3 |
0.214 |
0.424 |
1.67 |
59.0 |
|
0.0283 |
1 |
0.00606 |
0.012 |
0.0476 |
1.68 |
|
4.672 |
165 |
1 |
1.98 |
7.79 |
275 |
|
2.36 |
83.3 |
0.505 |
1 |
3.96 |
140 |
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