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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... Side Drains 94 Covered Drains 94 Inlets 95 Mitre Drains 96 Cross Drains Outlets Catchwater Drains Side Channels 97 1 97 97 98 CHAP . V. DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROADS , AND MODES vi CONTENTS .
... Side Drains 94 Covered Drains 94 Inlets 95 Mitre Drains 96 Cross Drains Outlets Catchwater Drains Side Channels 97 1 97 97 98 CHAP . V. DIFFERENT KINDS OF ROADS , AND MODES vi CONTENTS .
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... Side Channels 236 Wastes 236 Fences 236 Parish Roads 241 Surface 241 Convexity 241 Drains 241 Embankment 242 CHAP . X. REPAIRING ROADS , P. 243 . Quality of Materials Basalt - Granite - Quartz - Syenite - Porphyry - -Whinstone ...
... Side Channels 236 Wastes 236 Fences 236 Parish Roads 241 Surface 241 Convexity 241 Drains 241 Embankment 242 CHAP . X. REPAIRING ROADS , P. 243 . Quality of Materials Basalt - Granite - Quartz - Syenite - Porphyry - -Whinstone ...
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... side the horse . But in carrying goods between distant places it was necessary to employ a cart , as all that a ... channel of the water being , when not flooded , 18 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... side the horse . But in carrying goods between distant places it was necessary to employ a cart , as all that a ... channel of the water being , when not flooded , 18 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... side channels . The transverse section of the surface , when accurately ascertained by taking the levels of it , is rarely to be found of a regular convexity . The surface of all the roads , until within a few years , was every where ...
... side channels . The transverse section of the surface , when accurately ascertained by taking the levels of it , is rarely to be found of a regular convexity . The surface of all the roads , until within a few years , was every where ...
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... a road free from ruts by continually raking and scraping it , he produced a considerable change for the better in all the roads of the kingdom . with side channels and footpaths ; giving roads a regular * C 5 INTRODUCTION . 25.
... a road free from ruts by continually raking and scraping it , he produced a considerable change for the better in all the roads of the kingdom . with side channels and footpaths ; giving roads a regular * C 5 INTRODUCTION . 25.
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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?