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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... each . ” * The funds for making roads were so well secured and so considerable , that the Romans were not * See Tredgold on Railways , p . 6 . satisfied to make them convenient and durable , but they B 4 INTRODUCTION . 7.
... each . ” * The funds for making roads were so well secured and so considerable , that the Romans were not * See Tredgold on Railways , p . 6 . satisfied to make them convenient and durable , but they B 4 INTRODUCTION . 7.
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... considerable progress . Conscious of this truth , the Romans seem to have paid par- ticular attention to the construction of roads in the distant provinces ; and those of England , which may still be traced in various ramifications ...
... considerable progress . Conscious of this truth , the Romans seem to have paid par- ticular attention to the construction of roads in the distant provinces ; and those of England , which may still be traced in various ramifications ...
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... the whole country : a considerable extent of it lay in the bottom of that district called the Gala Water , from the name of the principal stream , the channel of the water being , when not flooded , 18 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... the whole country : a considerable extent of it lay in the bottom of that district called the Gala Water , from the name of the principal stream , the channel of the water being , when not flooded , 18 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... a road free from ruts by continually raking and scraping it , he produced a considerable change for the better in all the roads of the kingdom . with side channels and footpaths ; giving roads a regular * C 5 INTRODUCTION . 25.
... a road free from ruts by continually raking and scraping it , he produced a considerable change for the better in all the roads of the kingdom . with side channels and footpaths ; giving roads a regular * C 5 INTRODUCTION . 25.
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... considerable number of years , every improvement which depended on the in- dustrious classes made immense progress , that of roads , the management of which the laws have vested in the hands of the land proprie- tors , made no ...
... considerable number of years , every improvement which depended on the in- dustrious classes made immense progress , that of roads , the management of which the laws have vested in the hands of the land proprie- tors , made no ...
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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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Página 20 - They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer; what therefore must it be after a winter?