Hicks' Builders' guide, comprising an easy, practical system of estimating material and labor for carpenters, contractors and builders (1907)
Hicks, I. P. (Isaac Perry), b. 1856 · New York, David Williams company · leaf 11
a lineal inch in length. A square foot is a square thesides of which are each a lineal foot in length, as rep-resented in the diagram. A square yard is a squarethe sides of which are each a lineal yard in lengthand contains 9 square feet, as shown in Fig. 3. Squaremeasure is so called because its… … Fig. 3.—A Square Yard. Fig. 4.—A Cubic Foot. spectively equal in length to the linear unit of the samename. CUBIC MEASURE. This is used in measuring solid bodies or thingswhich have length, breadth and thickness, such asstone masonry, the capacity of bins, boxes, rooms, &c.A cube is a solid…
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