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 sivua |
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... carriage to the lowest possible amount , becomes matter of the greatest importance . To explain how these objects may be best se- cured is the purpose of the following pages . The measures necessary for affording the means of travelling ...
... carriage to the lowest possible amount , becomes matter of the greatest importance . To explain how these objects may be best se- cured is the purpose of the following pages . The measures necessary for affording the means of travelling ...
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... carriage , put the remote parts of a country nearly on a level with those in the neighbourhood of a town ; they are , upon that account , the greatest of all improvements . " To establish perfect roads throughout a country is an object ...
... carriage , put the remote parts of a country nearly on a level with those in the neighbourhood of a town ; they are , upon that account , the greatest of all improvements . " To establish perfect roads throughout a country is an object ...
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... carriage . About 90,000l . is the average annual expenditure upon the roads in Spain . " + * See Foreign Quarterly Review , vol . i . p . 82 . + Vol . lxv . p . 448 . In the most populous districts of the German and Russian 14 A ...
... carriage . About 90,000l . is the average annual expenditure upon the roads in Spain . " + * See Foreign Quarterly Review , vol . i . p . 82 . + Vol . lxv . p . 448 . In the most populous districts of the German and Russian 14 A ...
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... carriage with more than two wheels , nor with above the weight of twenty hundred , nor shall draw any waine , cart , or carriage , with more than five horses at once . " + The first attempt to put the roads of England into order ...
... carriage with more than two wheels , nor with above the weight of twenty hundred , nor shall draw any waine , cart , or carriage , with more than five horses at once . " + The first attempt to put the roads of England into order ...
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... carriage in the most intolerable manner . These are not merely opinions , but facts ; for I actually passed three carts , broken down , in these eighteen miles of execrable memory . To Warrington . Turnpike . - This is a paved road ...
... carriage in the most intolerable manner . These are not merely opinions , but facts ; for I actually passed three carts , broken down , in these eighteen miles of execrable memory . To Warrington . Turnpike . - This is a paved road ...
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2d Edition abutments acclivity Allesley arch axle bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre cloth coach coating commissioners considerable constructed contractor Coventry cross drains depôts depth draught drawing earth eighteen inches elasticity embankments engineer Engravings expense experiments fences foot footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four inches gravel half hard Hartshill hill hind Holyhead Road horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide J. C. LOUDON John Kershaw labour laid length line of road London masonry materials ment miles necessary nine inches North Wales paved pavement placed Plate posts principle proper quicksets Rates of Inclination repair road-making roadway side channels side springs six inches slopes spirit level Stowe Hill surface surveyor Telford Thomas Baylis three inches tractive TREATISE trustees turnpike roads turnpike trusts velocity Vignette Titles vols waggon weight wheels whole wing walls Woodcuts yards
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