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" The paved spaces, on each side of the eighteen middle feet, are to be coated with broken stones, or well cleansed, strong gravel, up to the footpath or other boundary of the road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road six inches from the centre... "
A Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements - Page 97
by Quincy Adams Gillmore - 1876 - 258 pages
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A treatise on roads

Henry Brooke Parnell (1st baron Congleton.) - 1833 - 488 pages
...road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road six inches from the centre to the sides of it ; and the whole of the materials are to be covered with...in depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." (See Plate III., Fig. 3.) The work of setting the paving stones must be executed with the greatest...
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A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ...

Sir Henry Parnell - 1838 - 512 pages
...road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road six inches from the centre to the sides of it; and the whole of the materials are to be covered with...in depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." (See Plate III. Fig. 3.) The work of setting the paving-stones must be executed with the greatest care,...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1847 - 460 pages
...pavement is to be coated . with hard stones to the depth of six inches. Four of these six inches are to be first put on and worked in by carriages and...materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch * The curved section thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to be inferior to plane slopes on each...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: ...and Rail-roads

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1852 - 400 pages
...pavement is to be coated with hard stones to the depth of six inches. Four of these six inches are to be first put on and worked in by carriages and...materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch * The curved section thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to be inferior to plane slopes on each...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1871 - 478 pages
...the eighteen middle feet, are to be coated with broken stones, or well cleansed, strong gravel, tip to the footpath or other boundary of the road, so...materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch * The curved section thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to be inferior to plane slopes on each...
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling, Showing Its ...

Frederick Walter Simms - 1856 - 258 pages
...convexity of the road 6 inches from the centre to the sides of it ; and the whole of the materials should be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in...depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." The footpaths should be made with a coating of strong gravel, or small broken stones, at least 6 inches...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1864 - 390 pages
...inches. Four of these six inches are to be first put on and worked in by carriages and horses; care^being taken to rake in the ruts until the surface becomes...and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from clay o»' earth.'" The propriety of this foundation, ("Bottoming" or " Pitching") has been the subject of...
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A TREATISE ON THE PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICE OF LEVELLING

FREDERICK W. SIMMS - 1870 - 174 pages
...convexity of the road 6 inches from the centre to the sides of it ; and the whole of the materials should be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in...depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." The footpaths should be made with a coating of strong gravel, or small broken stones, at least 6 inches...
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A Treatise on the Principles and Practice of Levelling: Showing Its ...

Frederick Walter Simms - 1870 - 220 pages
...convexity of the road 6 inches from the centre to the sides of it ; and the whole of the materials should be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in...depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." The footpaths should be made with a coating of strong gravel, or small broken stones, at least 6 inches...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1871 - 492 pages
...to be broken into pieces as nearly cubical as possible, so that the largest piece, in its longes'. dimensions, may pass through a ring of two inches...materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch * The curved Boction thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to hi inferior to plane slopes on each...
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