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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... whole line of road from London to Shrewsbury of the depth of materials , by sinking holes into the road at short intervals . The average depth of materials was as follows on some of the trusts : Whetstone Trust St. Alban's ditto ...
... whole line of road from London to Shrewsbury of the depth of materials , by sinking holes into the road at short intervals . The average depth of materials was as follows on some of the trusts : Whetstone Trust St. Alban's ditto ...
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... whole fabric , though in other respects ever so well con- structed , must fail in permanent stability , and its hardness will be imperfect on account of its elas- ticity . Having now stated all that the rules of science relating to ...
... whole fabric , though in other respects ever so well con- structed , must fail in permanent stability , and its hardness will be imperfect on account of its elas- ticity . Having now stated all that the rules of science relating to ...
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... whole of these roads , and that they had been brought to as high a state of improvement as the money which was allowed for them would admit of . + Wood's Mechanics , p . 20 . horizontal , the power of gravity is a great impedi ...
... whole of these roads , and that they had been brought to as high a state of improvement as the money which was allowed for them would admit of . + Wood's Mechanics , p . 20 . horizontal , the power of gravity is a great impedi ...
Pàgina 81
... whole of it in his book on Roads . He says , " the large extract which I here insert contains that part of the Treatise of Sir Henry Parnell which has appeared to me to be the most interesting to French engineers , and which relates ...
... whole of it in his book on Roads . He says , " the large extract which I here insert contains that part of the Treatise of Sir Henry Parnell which has appeared to me to be the most interesting to French engineers , and which relates ...
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... whole of the green sod and fertile soil on the sur- face of the land cut through should be carefully collected and reserved , in order to be laid on the slopes immediately after they are formed . The If a sufficient quantity of sods ...
... whole of the green sod and fertile soil on the sur- face of the land cut through should be carefully collected and reserved , in order to be laid on the slopes immediately after they are formed . The If a sufficient quantity of sods ...
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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?