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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... REPAIRING ROADS , P. 243 . Quality of Materials Basalt - Granite - Quartz - Syenite - Porphyry - Whinstone - Guernsey Granite - Mount- 243 sorrel Stone - Hartshill Stone 244 Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire Pebbles 244 ...
... REPAIRING ROADS , P. 243 . Quality of Materials Basalt - Granite - Quartz - Syenite - Porphyry - Whinstone - Guernsey Granite - Mount- 243 sorrel Stone - Hartshill Stone 244 Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire Pebbles 244 ...
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... Repair Contracts 251 CHAP . XI . ROAD INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS , P. 253 . Theodolites 253 Spirit Levels 255 Sextants 257 Spades - Shovels 257 Trucks - Hammers 258 Scrapers 259 Hedging Knives - Working Levels 261 Ring Gauges 262 CHAP . XII ...
... Repair Contracts 251 CHAP . XI . ROAD INSTRUMENTS AND TOOLS , P. 253 . Theodolites 253 Spirit Levels 255 Sextants 257 Spades - Shovels 257 Trucks - Hammers 258 Scrapers 259 Hedging Knives - Working Levels 261 Ring Gauges 262 CHAP . XII ...
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... repair . Colbert neglected nothing to advance the extension of roads through- out France ; and M. Desmartis , who ... repairs of them , and continued them with great regularity . " Under the administration of M. de Trudaine , in 1787 , a ...
... repair . Colbert neglected nothing to advance the extension of roads through- out France ; and M. Desmartis , who ... repairs of them , and continued them with great regularity . " Under the administration of M. de Trudaine , in 1787 , a ...
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... repair . From Valladolid a good road has been made by Valentia and Reynosa to Santander . There are two good roads to Bilboa ; one by Miranda , the other by Vittoria . To the northward , there is a camino reale through Gallicia to ...
... repair . From Valladolid a good road has been made by Valentia and Reynosa to Santander . There are two good roads to Bilboa ; one by Miranda , the other by Vittoria . To the northward , there is a camino reale through Gallicia to ...
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... repair , and a diligence was established upon it in the beginning of the year 1831 . The other roads which are traced upon maps of Spain may be divided into three classes : - 1st , Roads which have originally been made and covered with ...
... repair , and a diligence was established upon it in the beginning of the year 1831 . The other roads which are traced upon maps of Spain may be divided into three classes : - 1st , Roads which have originally been made and covered with ...
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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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