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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... Embankments 85 Slopes at which different Strata will stand 86 London Clay 87 Sandstone Clay and Marl Oxford Clay Limestone Strata Footpaths 87 87 88 88 89 Specification for forming a Road over a Peat Bog 92 CHAP . IV . DRAINAGE , P. 94 ...
... Embankments 85 Slopes at which different Strata will stand 86 London Clay 87 Sandstone Clay and Marl Oxford Clay Limestone Strata Footpaths 87 87 88 88 89 Specification for forming a Road over a Peat Bog 92 CHAP . IV . DRAINAGE , P. 94 ...
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... Fences Posts and Rails Fences in Cuttings CHAP . VI . - 156 167 168 170 FENCES , P. 172 . 172 173 173 173 174 175 Fences on Embankments Stone Fences Cutting of Hedges CHAP . VII . ROAD MASONry , p . 176 CONTENTS . vii.
... Fences Posts and Rails Fences in Cuttings CHAP . VI . - 156 167 168 170 FENCES , P. 172 . 172 173 173 173 174 175 Fences on Embankments Stone Fences Cutting of Hedges CHAP . VII . ROAD MASONry , p . 176 CONTENTS . vii.
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... Embankment 236 Footpath 236 Side Channels 236 Wastes 236 Fences 236 Parish Roads 241 Surface 241 Convexity 241 Drains 241 Embankment 242 CHAP . X. REPAIRING ROADS , P. 243 . Quality of Materials Basalt - Granite - Quartz - Syenite ...
... Embankment 236 Footpath 236 Side Channels 236 Wastes 236 Fences 236 Parish Roads 241 Surface 241 Convexity 241 Drains 241 Embankment 242 CHAP . X. REPAIRING ROADS , P. 243 . Quality of Materials Basalt - Granite - Quartz - Syenite ...
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... embankments , making the breadth every where the same , and defining it * Remarks on Road - making , by John Loudon M'Adam . Extract from the Westminster Review , Vol . iv . p . 354 . " We consider this latter person's name ( Mr. M'Adam ) ...
... embankments , making the breadth every where the same , and defining it * Remarks on Road - making , by John Loudon M'Adam . Extract from the Westminster Review , Vol . iv . p . 354 . " We consider this latter person's name ( Mr. M'Adam ) ...
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... embankments will stand . If it be necessary to cross rivers , the height of the great- est floods should be marked on the sections ; the velocity of the water , and the sectional area of the river , should be also stated . If bogs or ...
... embankments will stand . If it be necessary to cross rivers , the height of the great- est floods should be marked on the sections ; the velocity of the water , and the sectional area of the river , should be also stated . If bogs or ...
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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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