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 sider |
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Side 7
... of two feet each . ” * The funds for making roads were so well secured and so considerable , that the Romans were not * See Tredgold on Railways , p . 6 . satisfied to make them convenient and durable , but they B 4 INTRODUCTION . 7.
... of two feet each . ” * The funds for making roads were so well secured and so considerable , that the Romans were not * See Tredgold on Railways , p . 6 . satisfied to make them convenient and durable , but they B 4 INTRODUCTION . 7.
Side 62
... secured in making a road . It is owing very much to omitting to take this circumstance into con- sideration , that vague and erroneous opinions so generally prevail respecting what a road ought to be in order that it should be a ...
... secured in making a road . It is owing very much to omitting to take this circumstance into con- sideration , that vague and erroneous opinions so generally prevail respecting what a road ought to be in order that it should be a ...
Side 63
... secured , without reference to the indispensable necessity of making a road extremely hard and solid as well as smooth . Dr. Lardner says , - " Until a compara- tively late period a very prevalent , indeed almost universal error ...
... secured , without reference to the indispensable necessity of making a road extremely hard and solid as well as smooth . Dr. Lardner says , - " Until a compara- tively late period a very prevalent , indeed almost universal error ...
Side 91
... secured by cutting the slope of the hill below the line of road into level steps to receive the earth , and the road materials are not to be laid on the embankment until the inspector is satisfied it will stand . " Second Specification ...
... secured by cutting the slope of the hill below the line of road into level steps to receive the earth , and the road materials are not to be laid on the embankment until the inspector is satisfied it will stand . " Second Specification ...
Side 97
... been taken , the preservation of the surface from injury by water should be further secured , by giving a proper con- H vexity in the cross section , and by making regular DRAINAGE . 97 Cross Drains Outlets Catchwater Drains.
... been taken , the preservation of the surface from injury by water should be further secured , by giving a proper con- H vexity in the cross section , and by making regular DRAINAGE . 97 Cross Drains Outlets Catchwater Drains.
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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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