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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... Mount- sorrel Stone - Hartshill Stone 243 244 Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire Pebbles · 244 Schistus - Limestone - Sandstone 244 Page Flints - Gravel Quantity of Materials Preparation of Materials CONTENTS . ix.
... Mount- sorrel Stone - Hartshill Stone 243 244 Shropshire , Staffordshire , and Warwickshire Pebbles · 244 Schistus - Limestone - Sandstone 244 Page Flints - Gravel Quantity of Materials Preparation of Materials CONTENTS . ix.
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... Hartshill stone , broken not to exceed two inches in its largest dimensions for the first three inches ; the next three inches towards the surface to be broken to one inch and a half in its largest dimensions . When this work is ...
... Hartshill stone , broken not to exceed two inches in its largest dimensions for the first three inches ; the next three inches towards the surface to be broken to one inch and a half in its largest dimensions . When this work is ...
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... Hartshill stone laid upon it ; and to ascertain what would be the com- parative effect of using the same stone on the old surface of the road , I had a large quantity of it laid on between the arch and the Holloway Read . The result is ...
... Hartshill stone laid upon it ; and to ascertain what would be the com- parative effect of using the same stone on the old surface of the road , I had a large quantity of it laid on between the arch and the Holloway Read . The result is ...
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... ing the drift is not only diminished , but with Hartshill stone , Guernsey granite , or other stone equally hard , is nearly alto- gether avoided . " scheme was abandoned , and open cutting was re- sorted 154 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... ing the drift is not only diminished , but with Hartshill stone , Guernsey granite , or other stone equally hard , is nearly alto- gether avoided . " scheme was abandoned , and open cutting was re- sorted 154 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... Hartshill stone SECOND DIVISION : Coventry to Allesley . To removing 38,990 yards of earth , at 9d . - To 3,760 lineal yards road - making , at 15s . · - To 3,760 lineal yards of fencing , at 5s . To drains To forming To sodding To ...
... Hartshill stone SECOND DIVISION : Coventry to Allesley . To removing 38,990 yards of earth , at 9d . - To 3,760 lineal yards road - making , at 15s . · - To 3,760 lineal yards of fencing , at 5s . To drains To forming To sodding To ...
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Palavras e frases frequentes
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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Página 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?