Table of Cubic Measure
| 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 Yard | Cubic Feet | Cubic 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 161⁄2 feet long, 11⁄2 feet thick, and 1 foot high, and contains 243⁄4 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.