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A
TREATISE
ON
ROAD S.
LONDON:
Printed by A. SPOTTISWOODE,
New-Street-Square.
PRINTED FOR
LONGMAN, REES, ORME, BROWN, GREEN & LONGMAN,
PATERNOSTER-ROW.
1833.
TABLE OF CONTENTS.
INTRODUCTION
Page
1
CHAPTER I.
RULES FOR TRACING THE LINE OF A NEW ROAD, p. 39.
Tracing the Line of a new Road-Surveys
Mountains, Hills, and Valleys
Rivers
Bogs and Marsh Ground
Materials - Exposure-Evaporation
CHAP. II.
39
41
INVESTIGATION OF THE PRINCIPLES OF ROAD-MAKING,
Strength of Roads
P. 61.
Application of the Principles of Moving Bodies
Collision-Friction
Hardness
Elasticity
62
63
64
66
68
72
Machine for Measuring the Power of Traction
Traction on different Kinds of Roads
Erroneous Rules