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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... consequences which result from a free and easy communication between different parts of a country are so various , the advantages of them so generally and so extensively felt by every description of in- dividuals from the highest to the ...
... consequences which result from a free and easy communication between different parts of a country are so various , the advantages of them so generally and so extensively felt by every description of in- dividuals from the highest to the ...
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... Quarterly Review on Notes et Réflexions sur la Prusse en 1833 , par le Marquis de Chambray . + Anderson's Commerce , vol . xix . p . 130 . period , commerce so generally increased , and in consequence 16 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... Quarterly Review on Notes et Réflexions sur la Prusse en 1833 , par le Marquis de Chambray . + Anderson's Commerce , vol . xix . p . 130 . period , commerce so generally increased , and in consequence 16 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... consequence thereof wheel - carriages and pack- horses were extremely multiplied , the first turn- pike road was established by law ( the 16 Charles II . cap . 1. anno 1653 ) , for taking toll of all but foot passengers on the northern ...
... consequence thereof wheel - carriages and pack- horses were extremely multiplied , the first turn- pike road was established by law ( the 16 Charles II . cap . 1. anno 1653 ) , for taking toll of all but foot passengers on the northern ...
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... consequence of its great importance as the main communication between England and Ireland . The commissioners having adopted Mr. Telford's advice , and Parliament having continued to grant further sums of money , eighty - two miles of ...
... consequence of its great importance as the main communication between England and Ireland . The commissioners having adopted Mr. Telford's advice , and Parliament having continued to grant further sums of money , eighty - two miles of ...
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... consequence was , that the road got unto unskilful hands , and its state of repair was just as bad as the principle of its construction . " The increasing importance of this line of communication at length attracted the attention of ...
... consequence was , that the road got unto unskilful hands , and its state of repair was just as bad as the principle of its construction . " The increasing importance of this line of communication at length attracted the attention of ...
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Allesley arch Archway Road axles bottom breadth brick bridge broken stones built carriage centre coach coating commissioners constructed contract contractor Coventry cross drains DAVIES GILBERT depôts depth draught dynamometer earth eighteen inches elasticity embankments engineer expense experiments feet wide fences foot footpath fore wheels formed foundation four inches friction gravel ground half hard Hartshill height hill hind wheels Holyhead Road horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide instrument John Kershaw John Macneill labour laid length line of road manner masonry ment miles mortar mound necessary nine inches paved pavement placed Plate VII proper quicksets rails rates of inclination repair road-making roadway ruts side channels side springs six inches slopes specification spirit level springs square streets surface surveyor Telford theodolite Thomas Baylis three feet three inches trustees turnpike roads turnpike trusts upper velocity waggon whole wing walls
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