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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... consequences which result from a free and easy communication between different parts of a country are so various , the advantages of them so generally and so extensively felt by every description of in- dividuals from the highest to the ...
... consequences which result from a free and easy communication between different parts of a country are so various , the advantages of them so generally and so extensively felt by every description of in- dividuals from the highest to the ...
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... Quarterly Review on Notes et Réflexions sur la Prusse en 1833 , par le Marquis de Chambray . + Anderson's Commerce , vol . xix . p . 130 . period , commerce so generally increased , and in consequence 16 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... Quarterly Review on Notes et Réflexions sur la Prusse en 1833 , par le Marquis de Chambray . + Anderson's Commerce , vol . xix . p . 130 . period , commerce so generally increased , and in consequence 16 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... consequence thereof wheel - carriages and pack- horses were extremely multiplied , the first turn- pike road was established by law ( the 16 Charles II . cap . 1. anno 1653 ) , for taking toll of all but foot passengers on the northern ...
... consequence thereof wheel - carriages and pack- horses were extremely multiplied , the first turn- pike road was established by law ( the 16 Charles II . cap . 1. anno 1653 ) , for taking toll of all but foot passengers on the northern ...
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... consequence of its great importance as the main communication between England and Ireland . The commissioners having adopted Mr. Telford's advice , and Parliament having continued to grant further sums of money , eighty - two miles of ...
... consequence of its great importance as the main communication between England and Ireland . The commissioners having adopted Mr. Telford's advice , and Parliament having continued to grant further sums of money , eighty - two miles of ...
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... consequence was , that the road got unto unskilful hands , and its state of repair was just as bad as the principle of its construction . " The increasing importance of this line of communication at length attracted the attention of ...
... consequence was , that the road got unto unskilful hands , and its state of repair was just as bad as the principle of its construction . " The increasing importance of this line of communication at length attracted the attention of ...
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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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