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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... feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised paths of two feet each . ” * The funds for making roads were so well secured and so considerable , that the Romans were not * See ...
... feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised paths of two feet each . ” * The funds for making roads were so well secured and so considerable , that the Romans were not * See ...
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... feet ; of the third at thirty feet ; and of the fourth at twenty - four feet . " The roads have since been divided into three classes , not according to their breadth , but their direction . " * All the principal roads of France are ...
... feet ; of the third at thirty feet ; and of the fourth at twenty - four feet . " The roads have since been divided into three classes , not according to their breadth , but their direction . " * All the principal roads of France are ...
Pàgina 20
... feet deep , and floating with mud only from a wet summer ; what therefore must it be after a winter ? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones , which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most ...
... feet deep , and floating with mud only from a wet summer ; what therefore must it be after a winter ? The only mending it receives is tumbling in some loose stones , which serve no other purpose than jolting a carriage in the most ...
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... feet of less perpendicular height , by winding the road over lower points of them ; but the propriety of doing so will depend upon the length by which a road will be increased by going round to avoid passing the ridges in the direct ...
... feet of less perpendicular height , by winding the road over lower points of them ; but the propriety of doing so will depend upon the length by which a road will be increased by going round to avoid passing the ridges in the direct ...
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... feet actually ascended is made many times more than would be the case were no height , once gained , lost again . An instance of this defect is observable in the line of old road across the island of Anglesea , on which a horse was ...
... feet actually ascended is made many times more than would be the case were no height , once gained , lost again . An instance of this defect is observable in the line of old road across the island of Anglesea , on which a horse was ...
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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?