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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... hard , will there be a saving of horse labour , a cheaper description of horse may be employed , less food will be consumed , and fewer servants wanted . The expense of travelling , and the charges for the carriage of goods , will be ...
... hard , will there be a saving of horse labour , a cheaper description of horse may be employed , less food will be consumed , and fewer servants wanted . The expense of travelling , and the charges for the carriage of goods , will be ...
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... hard as can be , and a good class of carriage rolling upon it , I suppose , at a rough estimate , one in forty would be the angle of repose . I should advise the great roads not to be more steep than one in forty . " Hilly ground is not ...
... hard as can be , and a good class of carriage rolling upon it , I suppose , at a rough estimate , one in forty would be the angle of repose . I should advise the great roads not to be more steep than one in forty . " Hilly ground is not ...
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... hard . If it possessed all these qualities in absolute perfection , the consequence would be it would require no tractive power at all . at all . An impulse given to a load at one end would carry it to the other by its inertia alone ...
... hard . If it possessed all these qualities in absolute perfection , the consequence would be it would require no tractive power at all . at all . An impulse given to a load at one end would carry it to the other by its inertia alone ...
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... hard and solid as well as smooth . Dr. Lardner says , - " Until a compara- tively late period a very prevalent , indeed almost universal error obtained with respect to roads . All that people considered was what they conceived to be an ...
... hard and solid as well as smooth . Dr. Lardner says , - " Until a compara- tively late period a very prevalent , indeed almost universal error obtained with respect to roads . All that people considered was what they conceived to be an ...
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... hard- ness , the absence , in fact , of elasticity . " One of the most important and most obviously correct principles of road - making is that which requires a road to be made of a substance in due proportion to the weight and number ...
... hard- ness , the absence , in fact , of elasticity . " One of the most important and most obviously correct principles of road - making is that which requires a road to be made of a substance in due proportion to the weight and number ...
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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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