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 pàgines |
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... according to their importance , and the breadth that is given to them . The first class comprised the great roads which traverse the whole of France , from Paris to the principal cities and the ports ; the second class , the roads ...
... according to their importance , and the breadth that is given to them . The first class comprised the great roads which traverse the whole of France , from Paris to the principal cities and the ports ; the second class , the roads ...
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... according to any fixed principle ; they are , in fact , almost in every instance , precisely the identical lines , which formed the footpaths of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country . - The following passage is taken from a ...
... according to any fixed principle ; they are , in fact , almost in every instance , precisely the identical lines , which formed the footpaths of the aboriginal inhabitants of the country . - The following passage is taken from a ...
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... According as the lands of the king- dom were appropriated , the tortuous lines of road became fixed and unalterable , there being no other legal lines left for carriage roads , and hence the origin of the crookedness and steepness of ...
... According as the lands of the king- dom were appropriated , the tortuous lines of road became fixed and unalterable , there being no other legal lines left for carriage roads , and hence the origin of the crookedness and steepness of ...
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... according to the principles of science , but directly opposed to them , still he certainly had the merit , of no inconsiderable value , of being the first person who succeeded in persuading the trustees of turnpike roads to set ...
... according to the principles of science , but directly opposed to them , still he certainly had the merit , of no inconsiderable value , of being the first person who succeeded in persuading the trustees of turnpike roads to set ...
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... according as further grants were from time to time voted by Parliament , the road progressively assumed its present character . Those parts which had been the most inconvenient and dangerous have been changed to perfect specimens of ...
... according as further grants were from time to time voted by Parliament , the road progressively assumed its present character . Those parts which had been the most inconvenient and dangerous have been changed to perfect specimens 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
Passatges populars
Pàgina 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?