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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... Pavement , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made with a Foundation of Roman Ce- ment and Gravel , and a Surface of broken Stones Road with a Foundation of rubble Stones , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made wholly of broken ...
... Pavement , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made with a Foundation of Roman Ce- ment and Gravel , and a Surface of broken Stones Road with a Foundation of rubble Stones , and a Surface of broken Stones Road made wholly of broken ...
Pàgina 16
... pavement is generally in a very bad state ; the expense being paid by the municipal authorities , who are very independent , and only repair them when it suits their convenience . * The little attention that was paid in former times to ...
... pavement is generally in a very bad state ; the expense being paid by the municipal authorities , who are very independent , and only repair them when it suits their convenience . * The little attention that was paid in former times to ...
Pàgina 22
... and especially near London , the roads are in a shameful condition ; and the pavement of London is utterly unworthy of a great metropolis . " Introduction , p . 7 . of them were , no doubt , originally footpaths ; 22 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... and especially near London , the roads are in a shameful condition ; and the pavement of London is utterly unworthy of a great metropolis . " Introduction , p . 7 . of them were , no doubt , originally footpaths ; 22 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... pavement has been made as a bed to support the surface materials . They are uniform in breadth and superficial convexity . They are completely drained , and when carried along the face of precipices , protected by strong walls . They ...
... pavement has been made as a bed to support the surface materials . They are uniform in breadth and superficial convexity . They are completely drained , and when carried along the face of precipices , protected by strong walls . They ...
Pàgina 43
... pavement the draught is 2. On a broken stone surface , or old flint road 3. On a gravel road · · · - · · 33 lbs . 65 · 147 · 46 4. On a broken stone road , upon a rough pavement foundation · 5. On a broken stone surface , upon a ...
... pavement the draught is 2. On a broken stone surface , or old flint road 3. On a gravel road · · · - · · 33 lbs . 65 · 147 · 46 4. On a broken stone road , upon a rough pavement foundation · 5. On a broken stone surface , upon 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?