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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... Walls 84 Precipices 84 Bed of a Road 84 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 ...
... Walls 84 Precipices 84 Bed of a Road 84 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 ...
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... Walls 185 Breast Walls 186 Fence Walls 187 Cross Drains 188 Inlets 190 Outlets 191 Depôts 192 Toll Houses 194 Toll Gates and Bars 203 Lamps 205 Milestones 205 CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 206 . Drawings Specifications ...
... Walls 185 Breast Walls 186 Fence Walls 187 Cross Drains 188 Inlets 190 Outlets 191 Depôts 192 Toll Houses 194 Toll Gates and Bars 203 Lamps 205 Milestones 205 CHAP . VIII . MANAGEMENT OF ROAD WORKS , P. 206 . Drawings Specifications ...
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... walls , or by arches and piers where it was necessary to gain elevation . The paved part of the great military roads was sixteen Roman feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised ...
... walls , or by arches and piers where it was necessary to gain elevation . The paved part of the great military roads was sixteen Roman feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised ...
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... wall of Antoninus ( in Britain ) to Rome , and from thence to Jerusalem , it will be found that the great chain of communication from the north - west to the south- east part of the empire was drawn out to a length of 4080 Roman miles ...
... wall of Antoninus ( in Britain ) to Rome , and from thence to Jerusalem , it will be found that the great chain of communication from the north - west to the south- east part of the empire was drawn out to a length of 4080 Roman miles ...
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... walls . They are acknowledged , by all persons competent to form a correct judgment on works of this kind , to be a model of the most perfect road- making that has ever been attempted in any country . + * For a description of the works ...
... walls . They are acknowledged , by all persons competent to form a correct judgment on works of this kind , to be a model of the most perfect road- making that has ever been attempted in any country . + * For a description of the works ...
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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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