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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... Horse Railways and Tramways , by Mr. Macneill - APPENDIX , No. IV . Report of Select Com- mittee on the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads , May 30 , 1830 on APPENDIX , No. V. Evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons Roads ...
... Horse Railways and Tramways , by Mr. Macneill - APPENDIX , No. IV . Report of Select Com- mittee on the Holyhead and Liverpool Roads , May 30 , 1830 on APPENDIX , No. V. Evidence given before the Committee of the House of Commons Roads ...
Pàgina 3
... horse labour , a cheaper description of horse may be employed , less food will be consumed , and fewer servants wanted . The expense of travelling , and the charges for the carriage of goods , will be lower . A saving to the public ...
... horse labour , a cheaper description of horse may be employed , less food will be consumed , and fewer servants wanted . The expense of travelling , and the charges for the carriage of goods , will be lower . A saving to the public ...
Pàgina 8
... horses ; and also temples , triumphal arches , mausoleums , and military stations . " Such was the solid construction of the Roman highways , that their firmness has not entirely yielded to the effect of fifteen centuries . 46 They ...
... horses ; and also temples , triumphal arches , mausoleums , and military stations . " Such was the solid construction of the Roman highways , that their firmness has not entirely yielded to the effect of fifteen centuries . 46 They ...
Pàgina 13
... horses with diffi- culty travel four miles an hour . In other districts , where the materials are harder , a road is seldom to be seen with a smooth surface and of sufficient strength . Very extensive tracts of the kingdom are wholly ...
... horses with diffi- culty travel four miles an hour . In other districts , where the materials are harder , a road is seldom to be seen with a smooth surface and of sufficient strength . Very extensive tracts of the kingdom are wholly ...
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... horses at once . " + The first attempt to put the roads of England into order occurred when the turnpike system was introduced . The ancient method employed to mend roads , until after the restoration of King Charles II . , was by a ...
... horses at once . " + The first attempt to put the roads of England into order occurred when the turnpike system was introduced . The ancient method employed to mend roads , until after the restoration of King Charles II . , was by a ...
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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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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?