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 pages |
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... through Gaul to the Alps . Domitius Enoberbus paved the Via Domitia , which led to Savoy , Dauphiny and Provence . The Romans made in Germania another Via Domitia . 66 Augustus , when emperor , paid more attention to 4 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... through Gaul to the Alps . Domitius Enoberbus paved the Via Domitia , which led to Savoy , Dauphiny and Provence . The Romans made in Germania another Via Domitia . 66 Augustus , when emperor , paid more attention to 4 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... attention to the great roads than he had done during his consulate . He conducted roads into the Alps ; his plan was to continue them to the eastern and western extremities of Europe . He gave orders for making an infinite number in ...
... attention to the great roads than he had done during his consulate . He conducted roads into the Alps ; his plan was to continue them to the eastern and western extremities of Europe . He gave orders for making an infinite number in ...
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... attention to the construction of roads in the distant provinces ; and those of England , which may still be traced in various ramifications , present a lasting monument of the justice of their con- ceptions , the extent of their views ...
... attention to the construction of roads in the distant provinces ; and those of England , which may still be traced in various ramifications , present a lasting monument of the justice of their con- ceptions , the extent of their views ...
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... most distinguished for her early attention to estab- lishing numerous roads . * Pinkerton's Geography , vol . i . p . 20 . + Vol . iii . p . 178 . The following account of her roads is taken from Peuchet's 10 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... most distinguished for her early attention to estab- lishing numerous roads . * Pinkerton's Geography , vol . i . p . 20 . + Vol . iii . p . 178 . The following account of her roads is taken from Peuchet's 10 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... attention which has been paid to the roads in France , their actual state as to number , extent , and condition , shows that the system of management is extremely imperfect . With the exception of those parts of the main roads leading ...
... attention which has been paid to the roads in France , their actual state as to number , extent , and condition , shows that the system of management is extremely imperfect . With the exception of those parts of the main roads leading ...
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Allesley arch Archway Road axles bottom breadth brick bridge broken stones built carriage centre coach coating commissioners constructed contract contractor Coventry cross drains DAVIES GILBERT depôts depth draught dynamometer earth eighteen inches elasticity embankments engineer expense experiments feet wide fences foot footpath fore wheels formed foundation four inches friction gravel ground half hard Hartshill height hill hind wheels Holyhead Road horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide instrument John Kershaw John Macneill labour laid length line of road manner masonry ment miles mortar mound necessary nine inches paved pavement placed Plate VII proper quicksets rails rates of inclination repair road-making roadway ruts side channels side springs six inches slopes specification spirit level springs square streets surface surveyor Telford theodolite Thomas Baylis three feet three inches trustees turnpike roads turnpike trusts upper velocity waggon whole wing walls
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Page 20 - They will here meet with rutts which I actually measured four feet deep, and floating with mud only from a wet summer; what therefore must it be after a winter?