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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... necessary for affording the means of travelling with rapidity and safety , and of trans- porting goods at low rates of carriage , form an essential part of the domestic arrangements of every people . Roads are , in point of fact , neces ...
... necessary for affording the means of travelling with rapidity and safety , and of trans- porting goods at low rates of carriage , form an essential part of the domestic arrangements of every people . Roads are , in point of fact , neces ...
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... necessary to be done in order to secure good roads in this country , to mention the conduct of other nations in this branch of domestic economy . A description of this kind may serve to give a better tone to the ideas of those country ...
... necessary to be done in order to secure good roads in this country , to mention the conduct of other nations in this branch of domestic economy . A description of this kind may serve to give a better tone to the ideas of those country ...
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... necessary to gain elevation . The paved part of the great military roads was sixteen Roman feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised paths of two feet each . ” * The funds for ...
... necessary to gain elevation . The paved part of the great military roads was sixteen Roman feet wide , with two side ways , each eight feet wide , separated from the middle way by two raised paths of two feet each . ” * The funds for ...
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... necessary to employ a cart , as all that a horse could carry on his back was not sufficient to defray the cost of a long journey . The time that the carriers ( for such was the name given to those that used carts ) usually required to ...
... necessary to employ a cart , as all that a horse could carry on his back was not sufficient to defray the cost of a long journey . The time that the carriers ( for such was the name given to those that used carts ) usually required to ...
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... necessary to bring them into a perfect state . At the present time , although the country gen- tlemen are somewhat more active and better in- formed , the degree of improvement which they have introduced 26 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... necessary to bring them into a perfect state . At the present time , although the country gen- tlemen are somewhat more active and better in- formed , the degree of improvement which they have introduced 26 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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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?