July 2011 edited July 2011 in Engineering Majors. I'm not saying I'm going to go into it, I'm just curios what you guys think. I'm either going to become a Mechanical or Aerospace engineer  they both interest me a lot.
This denarius contained an average 4.5 grams, or 1 â 72 of a Roman pound of silver. It formed the backbone of Roman currency throughout the Roman republic. The denarius began to undergo slow debasement toward the end of the republican period. Under the rule of Augustus, (63 BC-AD 14) its silver content fell to 3.9 grams (a theoretical weight of 1 â 84 of a Roman pound). It remained at nearly this weight until the time of Nero (AD 37-68), when it was reduced to 1 â 96 of a
Therefore, if a Hard Maple at 20 dbh has a merchantable log length of 30 ft. it will have approx. 250ft. including defects etc. or 1 full cord. The crown would weigh about half that much if it was a forest tree. Therefore the average 20 maple would weight 4 tons. One bf of MH weights 13.5 # in roundwood form. Since pine is half the weight, but taller and smaller of crown, I would think a 20. White Pine would weigh 3 tons depending on time of year and MC.