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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Pàgina v
... Moving Bodies Collision - Friction Hardness Machine for measuring the Power of Traction Traction on different Kinds of Roads · Elasticity Erroneous Rules - 35 37 50 51 52 64 66 67 69 73 74 76 78 CHAP . III . FORMING A ROAD , P. 82 A 3.
... Moving Bodies Collision - Friction Hardness Machine for measuring the Power of Traction Traction on different Kinds of Roads · Elasticity Erroneous Rules - 35 37 50 51 52 64 66 67 69 73 74 76 78 CHAP . III . FORMING A ROAD , P. 82 A 3.
Pàgina 24
... , in point of fact , can be more opposed to the prin- ciples of science with respect to moving bodies , such as carriages , on roads , than what is recom- mended in that work as the perfection of road- making 24 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... , in point of fact , can be more opposed to the prin- ciples of science with respect to moving bodies , such as carriages , on roads , than what is recom- mended in that work as the perfection of road- making 24 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
Pàgina 41
... moving the shoe . " 2d . A gain of time , with some relief to the horses , by taking advantage of a portion of the impetus acquired in going down one hill to assist in overcoming its opposite ascent , instead of being obliged , as at ...
... moving the shoe . " 2d . A gain of time , with some relief to the horses , by taking advantage of a portion of the impetus acquired in going down one hill to assist in overcoming its opposite ascent , instead of being obliged , as at ...
Pàgina 54
... moving rapidly , depends upon the quantity of cool and fresh air that he can pass through his lungs . If the cause of horses tiring or becoming ill under their work be carefully examined into , it will often be found that it is not that ...
... moving rapidly , depends upon the quantity of cool and fresh air that he can pass through his lungs . If the cause of horses tiring or becoming ill under their work be carefully examined into , it will often be found that it is not that ...
Pàgina 66
... moving bodies , and , secondly , to expe- riments , which accurately prove the force of traction on different kinds of roads . As a carriage for conveying goods or passengers when put in action becomes a moving body , in the language of ...
... moving bodies , and , secondly , to expe- riments , which accurately prove the force of traction on different kinds of roads . As a carriage for conveying goods or passengers when put in action becomes a moving body , in the language of ...
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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?