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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Página 36
... depth of the peat should be ascertained by boring ; and the general inclination of the country for drain- age should be marked . All the gravel - pits or stone quarries contiguous to the line should be described on the map , with the ...
... depth of the peat should be ascertained by boring ; and the general inclination of the country for drain- age should be marked . All the gravel - pits or stone quarries contiguous to the line should be described on the map , with the ...
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... 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 Dunstable ditto Puddle Hill ditto - - · 4 inches . 4 ditto ...
... 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 Dunstable ditto Puddle Hill ditto - - · 4 inches . 4 ditto ...
Página 66
... depth of materials four or five times greater than is commonly given to them , it is requisite to illustrate and establish the grounds on which it rests , by reference , first , to the laws of science concerning moving bodies , and ...
... depth of materials four or five times greater than is commonly given to them , it is requisite to illustrate and establish the grounds on which it rests , by reference , first , to the laws of science concerning moving bodies , and ...
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... depth of metal requisite for any road is only ten inches . " " That the duration only , and not the condition of a road , depends upon the quality and nature of the material used . " " That free stone will make as good a road as any ...
... depth of metal requisite for any road is only ten inches . " " That the duration only , and not the condition of a road , depends upon the quality and nature of the material used . " " That free stone will make as good a road as any ...
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... depths of cuttings and the heights of the embankments , and also the rates of the inclinations : these rates of acclivity are to be strictly adhered to , and it is expressly stipulated that the contractor is to satisfy himself by his ...
... depths of cuttings and the heights of the embankments , and also the rates of the inclinations : these rates of acclivity are to be strictly adhered to , and it is expressly stipulated that the contractor is to satisfy himself by his ...
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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
Passagens conhecidas
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?