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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... deep cutting through a hill , the slopes of the banks should never be less ... inches of the surface mould , and hay seeds should be sown on it ; by this ... Deep Cuttings Slopes Wet Land -
... deep cutting through a hill , the slopes of the banks should never be less ... inches of the surface mould , and hay seeds should be sown on it ; by this ... Deep Cuttings Slopes Wet Land -
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... inches in thickness , to face them with stone . In the Oxford clay , which ... deep . In all such cases , if any beds of gravel or sand are found ... deep cutting , the greatest pains should be bestowed in examining the character of 88 A ...
... inches in thickness , to face them with stone . In the Oxford clay , which ... deep . In all such cases , if any beds of gravel or sand are found ... deep cutting , the greatest pains should be bestowed in examining the character of 88 A ...
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... deep , and eighteen inches wide at bottom ; the peat dug out of these drains is to be spread over the surface of the ... deep at the centre of the roadway , and four feet deep at the main drains : after the whole have remained in this ...
... deep , and eighteen inches wide at bottom ; the peat dug out of these drains is to be spread over the surface of the ... deep at the centre of the roadway , and four feet deep at the main drains : after the whole have remained in this ...
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... inches thick , and built in regular level courses , but without mortar ; they should be eighteen inches high , and twelve inches apart . Particular care must be taken that the covering stones have a bearing of at least four inches on ...
... inches thick , and built in regular level courses , but without mortar ; they should be eighteen inches high , and twelve inches apart . Particular care must be taken that the covering stones have a bearing of at least four inches on ...
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... inches wide at bottom , sixteen inches wide at top , and eighteen inches deep . In the bottom bricks should be laid on the flat , six inches apart ; these should be covered by other bricks laid across , so as to form an open channel of six ...
... inches wide at bottom , sixteen inches wide at top , and eighteen inches deep . In the bottom bricks should be laid on the flat , six inches apart ; these should be covered by other bricks laid across , so as to form an open channel of six ...
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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?