... feet. No amount of rolling was sufficient to produce a thorough binding effect upon the stones, or to cause such a mechanical union and adjustment of their sides and angles together as to enable them mutually to assist each other in resisting displacement.... A Practical Treatise on Roads, Streets, and Pavements - Page 89by Quincy Adams Gillmore - 1876 - 258 pagesFull view - About this book
| Quincy Adams Gillmore - 1876 - 292 pages
...a smooth hard surface by rolling or by traflh'. Mr. Win. H. Grant, Superintending Engineer of the N York Central Park, in his report upon the park roads,...of rolling and compression, would not consolidate ill the effectual manner required for the surface of a road, while entirely isolated from, and independent... | |
| Henry Percy Boulnois - 1883 - 442 pages
...was not pushed beyond this point. It * Vide ' Roads, Streets, and Pavements,' by QA Gillmore, p. 89. was conclusively shown, that broken stones of the...rolling and compression, would not consolidate in the effectual manner required for the surface of a road while entirely isolated from and independent... | |
| 1890 - 808 pages
...feet. No amount of rolling was sufficient to produce a thorough, binding upon the stones, or to cause a mechanical union and adjustment of their sides and...that broken stones of the ordinary sizes and of the best quality for wear and durability, with the greatest care and attention to all the necessary conditions... | |
| Nova Scotian Institute of Natural Science - 1890 - 456 pages
...excessive attrition they were subjected to, their more regular parts wearing away, and the weaker and more smaller ones being crushed. The experiment was not pushed beyond this point. It was shown that broken stone of the ordinary sizes and of the best quality for wear and durability would... | |
| Quincy Adams Gillmore - 1892 - 312 pages
...smooth hard surface by rolling or by traffic. Mr. Win. H. Grant, Superintending Engineer of the New Vork Central Park, in his report upon the park roads, says,...rolling and compression, would not consolidate in the effectual manner required for the surface of a road, while entirely isolated from, and independent... | |
| Henry Percy Boulnois - 1892 - 488 pages
...5 ton-miles are thought necessary. t Vide ' Roads, Streets, and Pavements,' by QA Gillmore, p. 89. to assist each other in resisting displacement. The...rolling and compression, would not consolidate in the effectual manner required for the surface of a road while entirely isolated from and independent... | |
| Austin Thomas Byrne - 1892 - 736 pages
...rolling was sufficient to produce a thorough binding upon the stones, or to cause a mechanical union aud adjustment of their sides and angles together as to...that broken stones of the ordinary sizes and of the best quality for wear and durability, with the greatest care and attention to all the necessary conditions... | |
| Henry Percy Boulnois - 1898 - 536 pages
...surface as would prevent the stones from loosening and being displaced by the action of waggon-wheels and horses' feet. No amount of rolling was sufficient...quality for wear and durability, with the greatest care arid attention to all the necessary conditions of rolling and compression, would not consolidate in... | |
| Geological Survey of Georgia - 1901 - 344 pages
...such a surface as would prevent the stones from loosening and being displaced by the action of the wagon wheels and horses' feet. No amount of rolling...conclusively shown, that broken stones of the ordinary size, and of the very best quality for •wear and durability, with the greatest care and attention... | |
| Austin Thomas Byrne - 1907 - 1114 pages
...The rolling was persisted in vith the roller adjusted to different weights up to the maximum lisad (12 tons), until it was apparent that the opposite...that broken stones of the ordinary sizes and of the best quality for wear and durability, with the greatest care and attention to all the necessary conditions... | |
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