Structural Materials

Fargo Location
1401 40st NW
Fargo, ND 58102

Numbers
Ph:    701.282.7100
Fax:   701.281.1022
Wats: 800.437.4776

Grand Forks Location
5411 Gateway Drive
Grand Forks, ND 58203

Numbers
Ph:    701.738.8800
Fax:   701.738.8801

• 1-mile = 1760 yards =5280feet.

• 1 gross or long ton = 2240 lbs

• 1 yard = 3 feet = 36 inches.

• 1 net or short ton = 2000 lbs

• 1 foot = 12 inches

• 1 pound = 16 ounces =7000 grains

• Surveyor's Measure

• 1 ounce = 16 drams = 437.5 grains

• 1 mile = 8 furlongs = 0 chains

• 1 furlong = 10 chains = 220 yards

• 1 lbs per square inch = 144 lbs per square foot = .068 atmosphere = 2.042 inches of mercury at 62 degrees F. = 27.7 inches of water at 62 degrees F.

• 1 chain = 4 rods = 22 yards = 66 feet = 100 links

• 1 link = 7.92 inches

• 1 atmosphere = 30 inches of murcury at 62 degrees F. = 14.7 lbs. per square inch = 2116.3 lbs. per square foot = 22.95 feet of water at 62 degrees F.

• 1 square mile = 640 acres = 6400 square chains

• 1 acre = 10 square chains = 4840 square yards = 43560 sq/ft

• 1 square chain = 16 square rods = 484 square yards = 4356 sq/ft

• 1 foot of water at 62 degrees F. = 62.355 lbs per square foot = .433 lbs per square inch.

• 1 square rod = 30.25 square yards = 272.25 sq/ft = 625 square links

• 1 inch of mercury at 62 degrees F = 1.132 foot of water = 13.58 inches of water = .491 lbs per square inch.

• 1 square yard  = 9 square feet

• Column of water 12 in high, 1 in. dia. = .341 lbs

• 1 square food = 144 square inches

• An acre is equal to a square, the side of which is 208.7 feet

• 1 cubic yard = 27 cubic feet

• 1 cubic foot = 1728 cubic inches

• 1 bushel (U.S. or Winchester struck bushel) = 1.2445 cubic foot = 2150.42 cubic inches.

• The following measures are also used for wood and masonry:
  1 cord of wood = 4X4X8 feet= 128 cubic feet
  1 perch of masonry = 161/2 X 11/2 X 1 foot = 243/4 cubic feet.

• 1 bushel = 4 pecks = 32 quarts = 64 pints

• 1 peck = 4 quarts = 16 pints

• 1 quart = 2 pints

• 1 heaped bushel = 1 1/4 struck bushel

• For measuring entire internal capacity of a vessel:
  1 register ton = 100 cubic ft

• 1 cubic foot = .8036 struck bushel

• For measurement of cargo:
  1 U.S. shipping ton = 40 cubic feet = 32.143 U.S. bushels = 31.16 Imperial bushels
  British shipping ton = 42 cubic feet = 33.75 U.S. bushels = 32.72 Imperial bushels.

• 1 British Imperial bushel = 8 imperial gallons = 1.2837 cubic foot = 2218.19 cubic inches.

• 1 U.S. gallon = .1337 cubic foot = 231 cubic inches = 4 quarts = 8 pints

• 1 quart = 2 pints = 8 gills

• 1 pint = 4 gills

• 1 British Imperial gallon = 1.2003 U.S. gallon = 277.27 cubic inches

• 1 cubic foot = 7.48 U.S. gallons

• Circular and Angular Measure

• 60 seconds (" ") = 1 minute (')

• 60 minutes = 1 degree (°)

• 360 degrees = 1 circumference (C)