This first result, multiplied by itself and by the height, gives the cubature of the tree. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
In the exploitation of forests it is an important matter to be able to measure the cubature of trees, and the process most generally employed consists in determining their height and mean circumference, the apparatus used for this latter measurement being compasses having the form of the calipers used by mechanics. From Wordnik.com. [Scientific American Supplement, No. 1157, March 5, 1898] Reference
Application of Integral Calculus: (a) To Geometry, rectification of curves, quadrature of surfaces, plane and curved, cubature of volumes; (b) To Mechanics, centre of gravity of bodies, attractions, etc. From Wordnik.com. [A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of The Furman University, for 1860-'61] Reference
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