A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made are Explained and Illustrated, by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead RoadLongman, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1838 - 465 páginas |
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... broken Stones - Road with a Foundation of Pavement , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made with a Foundation of Roman Ce- ment and Gravel , and a Surface of broken Stones Road with a Foundation of rubble Stones , and a Surface of broken ...
... broken Stones - Road with a Foundation of Pavement , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made with a Foundation of Roman Ce- ment and Gravel , and a Surface of broken Stones Road with a Foundation of rubble Stones , and a Surface of broken ...
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... broken stones ( de cailloux taillés en quarré ) , from Spain through Gaul to the Alps . Domitius Enoberbus paved the Via Domitia , which led to Savoy , Dauphiny and Provence . The Romans made in Germania another Via Domitia . 66 ...
... broken stones ( de cailloux taillés en quarré ) , from Spain through Gaul to the Alps . Domitius Enoberbus paved the Via Domitia , which led to Savoy , Dauphiny and Provence . The Romans made in Germania another Via Domitia . 66 ...
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... stones broken very small . This practice had long existed in Scotland , and is recommended by the old writers INTRODUCTION . 27.
... stones broken very small . This practice had long existed in Scotland , and is recommended by the old writers INTRODUCTION . 27.
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... stones , set as a rough pavement , with a coating of at least six inches of broken stone of the hardest kind laid upon it ; and further , that in all cases where the subsoil is elastic , it is necessary , before the foun- dation is laid ...
... stones , set as a rough pavement , with a coating of at least six inches of broken stone of the hardest kind laid upon it ; and further , that in all cases where the subsoil is elastic , it is necessary , before the foun- dation is laid ...
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... broken stones , into it . In this way a considerable quantity of earth will be mixed with the stone materials forming the crust of the road , and this mixture will make it extremely imperfect as to hardness , for it cannot , in fact ...
... broken stones , into it . In this way a considerable quantity of earth will be mixed with the stone materials forming the crust of the road , and this mixture will make it extremely imperfect as to hardness , for it cannot , in fact ...
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