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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... half for the stage coach to travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow , a journey which is now accomplished in four and a half or five hours . " So late as 1763 there was but one stage coach from Edinburgh to London , and it set out only once a ...
... half for the stage coach to travel from Edinburgh to Glasgow , a journey which is now accomplished in four and a half or five hours . " So late as 1763 there was but one stage coach from Edinburgh to London , and it set out only once a ...
Pàgina 40
... half mile : but , if the hill were of an incli- nation of 1 in 35 , it may be driven down with per- fect safety at the rate of twelve miles an hour ; at which rate the time for going half a mile would be two minutes and a half , so that ...
... half mile : but , if the hill were of an incli- nation of 1 in 35 , it may be driven down with per- fect safety at the rate of twelve miles an hour ; at which rate the time for going half a mile would be two minutes and a half , so that ...
Pàgina 50
... half a league long ; it is fifteen feet broad and as many high . RIVERS . The peculiar circumstances of a river may render it necessary to deviate from a direct line in laying out a road . A difficulty may arise from the breadth of the ...
... half a league long ; it is fifteen feet broad and as many high . RIVERS . The peculiar circumstances of a river may render it necessary to deviate from a direct line in laying out a road . A difficulty may arise from the breadth of the ...
Pàgina 51
... half a mile , or even a quarter of a mile of road be saved , by expending even several thousand pounds , the good done ex- tends to posterity , and the saving in annual repairs and horse labour that will be the result will , before long ...
... half a mile , or even a quarter of a mile of road be saved , by expending even several thousand pounds , the good done ex- tends to posterity , and the saving in annual repairs and horse labour that will be the result will , before long ...
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... half a mile in length . " Would it contribute to the good order and keeping up of a road to pay attention to these points ? It would be a great saving . " A road is easier kept clean and dry ? —Yes , and more easily seen where it ...
... half a mile in length . " Would it contribute to the good order and keeping up of a road to pay attention to these points ? It would be a great saving . " A road is easier kept clean and dry ? —Yes , and more easily seen where it ...
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A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualització completa - 1837 |
A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualització completa - 1838 |
A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualització completa - 1833 |
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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?