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 páginas |
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... of Moving Bodies Strength of Roads Collision - Friction Hardness Machine for measuring the Power of Traction Traction on different Kinds of Roads - Elasticity Erroneous Rules 64 66 67 69 73 74 76 78 CHAP . III . FORMING A ROAD , P. 82 A 3.
... of Moving Bodies Strength of Roads Collision - Friction Hardness Machine for measuring the Power of Traction Traction on different Kinds of Roads - Elasticity Erroneous Rules 64 66 67 69 73 74 76 78 CHAP . III . FORMING A ROAD , P. 82 A 3.
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... FORMING A ROAD , P. 82 . Page Deep Cuttings 83 Slopes 83 Wet Land · 83 Retaining Walls 84 Precipices 84 Bed of a Road 84 Embankments 85 Slopes at which different Strata will stand 86 London Clay 87 Sandstone 87 Clay and Marl 87 Oxford ...
... FORMING A ROAD , P. 82 . Page Deep Cuttings 83 Slopes 83 Wet Land · 83 Retaining Walls 84 Precipices 84 Bed of a Road 84 Embankments 85 Slopes at which different Strata will stand 86 London Clay 87 Sandstone 87 Clay and Marl 87 Oxford ...
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... formed roads ; and , therefore , however valuable the efforts of the statesmen of France may have been in bringing the business of road - making to the point at which it has arrived , there is still wanting some new plan of legislation ...
... formed roads ; and , therefore , however valuable the efforts of the statesmen of France may have been in bringing the business of road - making to the point at which it has arrived , there is still wanting some new plan of legislation ...
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... formed by the tracks of the country carts , and which have only , in a few places , been artificially constructed ; and , 3dly , the mule roads or paths , worn by the feet of the mules travelling over the mountains during a long series ...
... formed by the tracks of the country carts , and which have only , in a few places , been artificially constructed ; and , 3dly , the mule roads or paths , worn by the feet of the mules travelling over the mountains during a long series ...
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... formed , being almost without any pre- pared surface . The roads in Holland are gene- rally carried in undeviating straight lines along that low and flat country , between a double row of trees , with a ditch on each side . The Dutch ...
... formed , being almost without any pre- pared surface . The roads in Holland are gene- rally carried in undeviating straight lines along that low and flat country , between a double row of trees , with a ditch on each side . The Dutch ...
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A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualização integral - 1837 |
A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualização integral - 1833 |
A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ... Sir Henry Parnell Visualização integral - 1838 |
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