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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... cloth ; still farther over smooth oaken planks ; and it will scarcely seem to abate its velocity over a sheet of pure ice . This short explanation of the nature and effects of collision and friction is sufficient to show , that ...
... cloth ; still farther over smooth oaken planks ; and it will scarcely seem to abate its velocity over a sheet of pure ice . This short explanation of the nature and effects of collision and friction is sufficient to show , that ...
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... cloth lettered . 66 Ought to be in every farmer's hands . " - New Farmer's Journal . ELEMENTS of AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY . By Sir HUMPHREY DAVY , Bart . LL.D. F. R. S. & c . 5th edition , with Notes by his Brother , Dr. John Davy , 8vo ...
... cloth lettered . 66 Ought to be in every farmer's hands . " - New Farmer's Journal . ELEMENTS of AGRICULTURAL CHEMISTRY . By Sir HUMPHREY DAVY , Bart . LL.D. F. R. S. & c . 5th edition , with Notes by his Brother , Dr. John Davy , 8vo ...
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... cloth . " Mr. Hoare has thrown more light on the subject of vine culture than any British gardener who has written on the subject . " - Loudon's Gardener's Magazine . " One of the best productions upon any horticultural subject which ...
... cloth . " Mr. Hoare has thrown more light on the subject of vine culture than any British gardener who has written on the subject . " - Loudon's Gardener's Magazine . " One of the best productions upon any horticultural subject which ...
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... cloth , lettered . A DICTIONARY , PRACTICAL , THEORETICAL , AND HISTORICAL , OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION . Illustrated with Maps and Plans . By J. R. M'CULLOCH , Esq . A New Edition , with a new and enlarged Supplement ...
... cloth , lettered . A DICTIONARY , PRACTICAL , THEORETICAL , AND HISTORICAL , OF COMMERCE AND COMMERCIAL NAVIGATION . Illustrated with Maps and Plans . By J. R. M'CULLOCH , Esq . A New Edition , with a new and enlarged Supplement ...
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... cloth . ( Extract from AUTHOR'S PREFACE . ) " The calm which we have been enjoying for nearly a quarter of a century , after the storm of the French Revolution which shook the world , is perhaps the most important period that has ...
... cloth . ( Extract from AUTHOR'S PREFACE . ) " The calm which we have been enjoying for nearly a quarter of a century , after the storm of the French Revolution which shook the world , is perhaps the most important period that has ...
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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?