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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... 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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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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