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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... respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property : mountains were passed , and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams . The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace , which commanded the ...
... respect for the obstacles either of nature or private property : mountains were passed , and bold arches thrown over the broadest and most rapid streams . The middle part of the road was raised into a terrace , which commanded the ...
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... 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 .
... 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 .
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... respecting them , nor to the care and skill of those who have been intrusted with their management . While , during a considerable number of years , every improvement which depended on the in- dustrious classes made immense progress ...
... respecting them , nor to the care and skill of those who have been intrusted with their management . While , during a considerable number of years , every improvement which depended on the in- dustrious classes made immense progress ...
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... respect suitable to the country , and of 1,117 bridges . These roads traverse the High- lands of Scotland in all directions ; and , although the whole region consists of high mountains , the * A. Young , Tour in Ireland , vol . ii . p ...
... respect suitable to the country , and of 1,117 bridges . These roads traverse the High- lands of Scotland in all directions ; and , although the whole region consists of high mountains , the * A. Young , Tour in Ireland , vol . ii . p ...
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... respect to the best plan of accomplishing the object Parliament had in view . He strongly recommended that , if employed by them , he should be allowed to execute all the new works upon this line of road in a sub- stantial and perfect ...
... respect to the best plan of accomplishing the object Parliament had in view . He strongly recommended that , if employed by them , he should be allowed to execute all the new works upon this line of road in a sub- stantial and perfect ...
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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 |
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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?