Cubic-feet Sentence Examples

But some phenomena are difficult to reconcile with pressed into less than one five-hundredth of a cubic foot, or, if allowed to expand, the air originally occupying the cubic foot can be made to fill, apparently uniformly, a space of a million cubic feet or more.

Pure crystalline calcium carbide yields 5.8 cubic feet of acetylene per pound at ordinary temperatures, but the carbide as sold commercially, being a mixture of the pure crystalline material with the crust which in the electric furnace surrounds the ingot, yields at the best 5 cubic feet of gas per pound under proper conditions of generation.

When acetylene is burnt from a 000 union jet burner, at all ordinary pressures a smoky flame is obtained, but on the pressure being increased to 4 inches a magnificent flame results, free from smoke, and developing an illuminating value of 240 candles per 5 cubic feet of gas consumed.

This would increase the storage capacity 22 times, or to about 9,375,000 millions of cubic feet.

It is estimated, however, that the domestic use of wood (especially for fuel) represents nearly five times as many cubic feet as the wood used for export in different shapes.

More important, however, are the supplies to be derived from the control of flood water, millions of cubic feet of the best soil being annually washed into the sea.

Some of the valleys are of considerable width; in other cases the opposite walls of the gorges are but two or three hundred yards apart, and fall almost vertically thousands of feet, representing an erosion of hard rock of many millions of cubic feet.

One pound of liquid butane produces 6.4 cubic feet of gas.

One gallon of aviation gasoline that has completely evaporated will form about 30 cubic feet of vapor at sea level.

The town is supplied with gas by the local gasworks, at 4/7 per 1,000 cubic feet.

The cylinders on the back are charged with 10 cubic feet of oxygen at a pressure of 18.000 lbs per square inch.

The fields are estimated to contain recoverable reserves of 350 to 400 billion cubic feet.

Average range covered is about 250 to 350 cubic feet.

Cape Wind, the nation's first approved offshore wind farm, estimates that its wind turbines will produce the equivalent of 570,000 tons of coal, or 113 million gallons of oil, or 10 billion cubic feet of natural gas.

When you input these numbers into a mulch calculator, the numerical answer is the number of cubic feet of mulch you will need to cover the area at the depth indicated.

The following online calculators make it simple to sit at the computer and get the number of cubic feet of mulch you need.

This one not only gives you the number of cubic feet that you'll need, it also tells you how many bags of mulch to buy.

You now have the number of cubic feet of mulch you need.

Divide 40 by 12 = 3.3 cubic feet of mulch needed.

Pine needle mulch comes in round or square bales, sized from 3 to 6 cubic feet.

The LX - This camper measures 113" by 38" and has 26 cubic feet of storage space.

Its storage space is reduced to 16 cubic feet.

It holds up to 20 cubic feet of camping essentials and has an optional luggage rack.

It provides six cubic feet of storage room.

Small and compact ovens typically can hold 0.5 to 0.8 cubic feet.

Regular sized microwaves can hold 1.0 to 2.0 cubic feet of food.

Larger models, including convection-oven microwave combinations, have a capacity of 2.2 cubic feet or greater.

Sharp offers inexpensive and compact models that have a capacity of 0.8 cubic feet and wattage rating of 800, costing less than $100.

Their higher end models include a capacity of 2.0 cubic feet and cost upwards of $800.

Kenmore microwaves can hold 1.5 to 2.0 cubic feet and cost $200 to $800.

Upright freezers classified as small models typically range from just over one cubic foot to just over eight cubic feet.

The cargo area at 83 cubic feet is large but not considered as roomy as minivan storage space.