... of an engineer, in regard to some of the general principles. He should accommodate a new line of road to local circumstances, so far as could be without superseding public advantages. It would be ridiculous to follow the old Roman fashion, on the... Journal of the Franklin Institute - Page 281843Full view - About this book
| 1820 - 632 pages
...make serpentine roads merely for the entertainment of travellers ; but it is intended to point out that a strict adherence to a straight line is of much less consequence than is usually supposed '-Edsemorlh, p 1 2. We wish this observation could be impressed on those merciless annihilators of... | |
| William Laxton - 1842 - 496 pages
...must be avoided, I'jtrns must be resorted to, and the sudden bends of rivers must be shunned. It n not suggested that roads should be made serpentine,...adherence to a straight line is of much less consequence thin ii usually supposed, even in actual distance over long lengths. It was ••II known that a blind... | |
| Edmund Leahy - 1844 - 348 pages
...to make serpentine roads merely for the entertainment of travellers, but it is intended to point out that a strict adherence to a straight line is of much less consequence than is usually supposed, and that it will be perfectly advantageous to deviate from the direct line to avoid inequalities of... | |
| John Scott (land valuer.) - 1883 - 192 pages
...go over it by various windings, avoiding always abrupt or sudden turnings." Edgworth was of opinion that a strict adherence to a straight line is of much less consequence than is usually supposed, and that it will be frequently advantageous to deviate from the direct line to avoid inequalities of... | |
| Donald Rutherford - 1996 - 528 pages
...to make serpentine roads merely for the entertainment of travellers; but it is intended to point out that a strict adherence to a straight line is of much less consequence than is usually supposed.'— Edgeworth, p. l2. We wish this observation could be impressed on those merciless annihilators of rural... | |
| 1841 - 436 pages
...detail, either of the laying out or the construction of roads, but he must add a few observations, as connected with the duties of an engineer, in regard...over long lengths. It was well known that a blind man was, some years ago, advantageously employed, through Yorkshire and Derbyshire, in laying out roads... | |
| Franklin Institute (Philadelphia, Pa.) - 1843 - 442 pages
...out, or the construction, of roads, but he must add a few observations, as connected with the dnties of an engineer, in regard to some of the general principles....over long lengths. It was well known that a blind man was, some years ago, advantageously employed, through Yorkshire and Derbyshire, in laying out roads... | |
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