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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... Paved Roads Page 101 104 - 130 132 Road partly paved and partly made with broken Stones - Road with a Foundation of Pavement , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made with a Foundation of Roman Ce- ment and Gravel , and a Surface of ...
... Paved Roads Page 101 104 - 130 132 Road partly paved and partly made with broken Stones - Road with a Foundation of Pavement , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made with a Foundation of Roman Ce- ment and Gravel , and a Surface of ...
Pàgina 4
... paved roads is given to the Car- thaginians . " The Romans did not neglect the example of the Carthaginians , and that part of their labours is not the least glorious to this people . The first road they made was the Via Appia , the ...
... paved roads is given to the Car- thaginians . " The Romans did not neglect the example of the Carthaginians , and that part of their labours is not the least glorious to this people . The first road they made was the Via Appia , the ...
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... paved part of the great military roads was sixteen Roman 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 ...
... paved part of the great military roads was sixteen Roman 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 ...
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... paved with large stones , which in some places near the capital were of granite . " The following are Mr. Pinkerton's observations on the Roman roads : - " One of the grand causes of the civilisation introduced by that ruling people ...
... paved with large stones , which in some places near the capital were of granite . " The following are Mr. Pinkerton's observations on the Roman roads : - " One of the grand causes of the civilisation introduced by that ruling people ...
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... paved . 66 Sully took great interest in the improvement of the roads . He first introduced the practice of planting trees on the sides of them , and established regular funds for their repair . Colbert neglected nothing to advance the ...
... paved . 66 Sully took great interest in the improvement of the roads . He first introduced the practice of planting trees on the sides of them , and established regular funds for their repair . Colbert neglected nothing to advance the ...
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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?