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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... PARNELL , BART . HONORARY MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS , LONDON . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , ORME , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , New - Street 1838 .
... PARNELL , BART . HONORARY MEMBER OF THE INSTITUTION OF CIVIL ENGINEERS , LONDON . LONDON : PRINTED FOR LONGMAN , ORME , BROWN , GREEN , AND LONGMANS , PATERNOSTER - ROW . LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , New - Street 1838 .
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... by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead Road Sir Henry Parnell. LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , New - Street - Square . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . SINCE the first edition.
... by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead Road Sir Henry Parnell. LONDON : Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE , New - Street - Square . PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION . SINCE the first edition.
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... Mr. Macneill's Road Indicator APPENDIX , No. II . Report of Mr. Telford re- specting the Street Pavements , & c . of the Parish of St. George , Hanover Square 321 348 APPENDIX , No. III . Walker's Evidence before the Select CONTENTS . xi.
... Mr. Macneill's Road Indicator APPENDIX , No. II . Report of Mr. Telford re- specting the Street Pavements , & c . of the Parish of St. George , Hanover Square 321 348 APPENDIX , No. III . Walker's Evidence before the Select CONTENTS . xi.
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... Street led from Richborough , in Kent , the ancient Rutupiæ , north - east , through London , to Chester . The Ermine Street passed from London to Lincoln , thence to INTRODUCTION . 9.
... Street led from Richborough , in Kent , the ancient Rutupiæ , north - east , through London , to Chester . The Ermine Street passed from London to Lincoln , thence to INTRODUCTION . 9.
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... Street passed from London to Lincoln , thence to Carlile , and into Scotland . " The Foss Way is supposed to have led from Bath and the Western regions , north - east , till it joined the Ermine Street . The last celebrated road was ...
... Street passed from London to Lincoln , thence to Carlile , and into Scotland . " The Foss Way is supposed to have led from Bath and the Western regions , north - east , till it joined the Ermine Street . The last celebrated road was ...
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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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