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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... improved , in a man- ner which has rendered it serviceable as a harbour of refuge , far beyond the immediate purpose of protection of the packets ; and ... improvement . " TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE . INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. Page PREFACE .
... improved , in a man- ner which has rendered it serviceable as a harbour of refuge , far beyond the immediate purpose of protection of the packets ; and ... improvement . " TABLE OF CONTENTS . PREFACE . INTRODUCTION CHAPTER I. Page PREFACE .
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... IMPROVING OLD ROADS , P. 234 . Page Objects to be attended to Turnpike Roads Direction Convexity 234 235 235 236 Hardness 236 Drains 236 Embankment 236 Footpath 236 Side Channels 236 Wastes 236 Fences 236 Parish Roads 241 Surface 241 ...
... IMPROVING OLD ROADS , P. 234 . Page Objects to be attended to Turnpike Roads Direction Convexity 234 235 235 236 Hardness 236 Drains 236 Embankment 236 Footpath 236 Side Channels 236 Wastes 236 Fences 236 Parish Roads 241 Surface 241 ...
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... improvement of its harbours , canals , and roads . " * " after Speaking of roads , the Abbé Reynal justly re- marks ... improvements flow . How many places in almost every country might be rendered Cours d'Economie Politique , vol . i ...
... improvement of its harbours , canals , and roads . " * " after Speaking of roads , the Abbé Reynal justly re- marks ... improvements flow . How many places in almost every country might be rendered Cours d'Economie Politique , vol . i ...
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... improvements . " To establish perfect roads throughout a country is an object of no small importance as regards public economy . In proportion as roads are level and hard , will there be a saving of horse labour , a cheaper description ...
... improvements . " To establish perfect roads throughout a country is an object of no small importance as regards public economy . In proportion as roads are level and hard , will there be a saving of horse labour , a cheaper description ...
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... improvement that society can enjoy . " He further says , " The barbarians who over- turned the Roman power were for many ages so incredibly stupid as to undervalue this blessing , and almost always neglected , and sometimes wan- tonly ...
... improvement that society can enjoy . " He further says , " The barbarians who over- turned the Roman power were for many ages so incredibly stupid as to undervalue this blessing , and almost always neglected , and sometimes wan- tonly ...
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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?