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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... line of road ; and , 3d , to arrange the sea communication be- tween Holyhead and Dublin ; for which purpose the harbour of Holyhead was improved , in a man- ner which has rendered it serviceable as a harbour of refuge , far beyond the ...
... line of road ; and , 3d , to arrange the sea communication be- tween Holyhead and Dublin ; for which purpose the harbour of Holyhead was improved , in a man- ner which has rendered it serviceable as a harbour of refuge , far beyond the ...
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... Road Sir Henry Parnell. TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE . INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. Page 1 RULES FOR TRACING THE LINE OF A NEW ROAD , p . 35 . Tracing the Line of a new Road - Surveys Mountains , Hills , and Valleys Rivers Bogs and Marsh ...
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE . INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. Page 1 RULES FOR TRACING THE LINE OF A NEW ROAD , p . 35 . Tracing the Line of a new Road - Surveys Mountains , Hills , and Valleys Rivers Bogs and Marsh ...
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... road was raised into a terrace . " In mountainous districts , the roads were alter- nately cut through mountains and raised above the valleys , so as to preserve either a level line or a uniform inclination . They founded the road on ...
... road was raised into a terrace . " In mountainous districts , the roads were alter- nately cut through mountains and raised above the valleys , so as to preserve either a level line or a uniform inclination . They founded the road on ...
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... Road Sir Henry Parnell. satisfied to make them convenient and durable , but they also embellished them . 66 They had columns placed from mile to mile to mark the distance of one place from ... line from one city to 8 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... Road Sir Henry Parnell. satisfied to make them convenient and durable , but they also embellished them . 66 They had columns placed from mile to mile to mark the distance of one place from ... line from one city to 8 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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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 Road Sir Henry Parnell. and ran in a direct line from one ...
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 Road Sir Henry Parnell. and ran in a direct line from one ...
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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?