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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... Observations on Mr. 360 363 mittee of the House of Commons , in 1819 Remarks on 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 ...
... Observations on Mr. 360 363 mittee of the House of Commons , in 1819 Remarks on 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 ...
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... observations on the Roman roads : - " One of the grand causes of the civilisation introduced by that ruling people ( the Romans ) into the conquered states , was the highways , which form , indeed , the first germ of national industry ...
... observations on the Roman roads : - " One of the grand causes of the civilisation introduced by that ruling people ( the Romans ) into the conquered states , was the highways , which form , indeed , the first germ of national industry ...
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... observing traveller . Although what is commonly called Mr. M'Adam's system of road - making had nothing original in it , and was in all its essential points not only not according to the principles of science , but directly opposed to ...
... observing traveller . Although what is commonly called Mr. M'Adam's system of road - making had nothing original in it , and was in all its essential points not only not according to the principles of science , but directly opposed to ...
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... Ireland , " made some observations on the effects of hills , which are highly deserving of attention . The following is an extract from his examination . " A road ought to be as short as possible 4.4 . A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... Ireland , " made some observations on the effects of hills , which are highly deserving of attention . The following is an extract from his examination . " A road ought to be as short as possible 4.4 . A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... , of seven or eight inches on every side , like so many dice . " - Encyclopédie de l'Ingénieur , vol . i . p . 355 . from all earth , to form a bed over the 118 A TREATISE ON ROADS . APPENDIX, No III Observations on Page.
... , of seven or eight inches on every side , like so many dice . " - Encyclopédie de l'Ingénieur , vol . i . p . 355 . from all earth , to form a bed over the 118 A TREATISE ON ROADS . APPENDIX, No III Observations on Page.
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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?