Convert Cord feet to Petrograd standards

Convert Cord feet (cord ft) to Petrograd standards (Pet. std) instantly and accurately.

Cord feet (cord ft)
Petrograd standards (Pet. std)

Conversion Formula

Pet. std = cord ft × 0.09696969697

About Cord feet

A cord foot = 1/8 cord: a stack of firewood 4 ft wide × 4 ft tall × 1 ft deep = 16 ft³ = 0.45307 m³. Used in New England pulpwood purchasing and regulated by NIST Handbook 44. Actual solid wood content is only 60-80% of the nominal volume - the rest is air space between logs. 1 cord foot = 16 ft³ = 0.45307 m³ = 1/8 cord.

About Petrograd standards

The Petrograd standard (St Petersburg standard) = 165 ft³ = 4.6723 m³, representing 120 pieces of dressed Baltic softwood 12 ft × 11 in × 1.5 in = 165 ft³ exactly. Dominated 18th-19th century Baltic-to-Britain sawn-timber export trade from St Petersburg, Riga, and Danzig. Replaced by m³ in UK trade during 1970s metrication. 1 Petrograd standard = 165 ft³ = 4.6723 m³ ≈ 1,980 bf.

Quick Reference Table

Cord feet (cord ft)Petrograd standards (Pet. std)
1 cord ft0.0969697 Pet. std
2 cord ft0.193939 Pet. std
5 cord ft0.484848 Pet. std
10 cord ft0.969697 Pet. std
25 cord ft2.42424 Pet. std
50 cord ft4.84848 Pet. std
100 cord ft9.69697 Pet. std

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