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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... carrying the Holy- head Road Bills through parliament , but has ever since continued to be the most efficient of the com- missioners . Fully impressed with the importance of rendering the communication between London and Dublin perfect ...
... carrying the Holy- head Road Bills through parliament , but has ever since continued to be the most efficient of the com- missioners . Fully impressed with the importance of rendering the communication between London and Dublin perfect ...
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... carried through the provinces . In 1726 the de- partment of the Ponts et Chaussées fell into great disorder , and was in want of sufficient funds , but the Director - general , the brother of the celebrated Cardinal Dubois , recommenced ...
... carried through the provinces . In 1726 the de- partment of the Ponts et Chaussées fell into great disorder , and was in want of sufficient funds , but the Director - general , the brother of the celebrated Cardinal Dubois , recommenced ...
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... carried in undeviating straight lines along that low and flat country , between a double row of trees , with a ditch on each side . The Dutch are at great pains in preparing a firm foundation for their roads ; which are then built with ...
... carried in undeviating straight lines along that low and flat country , between a double row of trees , with a ditch on each side . The Dutch are at great pains in preparing a firm foundation for their roads ; which are then built with ...
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... carried , not by carts or waggons , but on horseback . Oatmeal , coals , turf , and even straw and hay , were ... carrying goods between distant places it was necessary to employ a cart , as all that a horse could carry on his back was ...
... carried , not by carts or waggons , but on horseback . Oatmeal , coals , turf , and even straw and hay , were ... carrying goods between distant places it was necessary to employ a cart , as all that a horse could carry on his back was ...
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... carried into execution under such erro- neous rules , and the persons who have been in- trusted with the administration of them have uniformly been either so negligent , or so little acquainted with the business of making or repairing ...
... carried into execution under such erro- neous rules , and the persons who have been in- trusted with the administration of them have uniformly been either so negligent , or so little acquainted with the business of making or repairing ...
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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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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?