The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's HandbookE. & F. N. Spon, 1883 - 394 pages |
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... passing each other - Sanctuaries - Danger of crossings page 25 CHAPTER V. MACADAMISED ROADWAYS . Laying out new roads - Macadamised roads a luxury - Telford and Macadam - Specification of roadway , fifty years ago - Modern specifi ...
... passing each other - Sanctuaries - Danger of crossings page 25 CHAPTER V. MACADAMISED ROADWAYS . Laying out new roads - Macadamised roads a luxury - Telford and Macadam - Specification of roadway , fifty years ago - Modern specifi ...
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... passing a given section of a roadway in a given time , irrespective of the weights , speeds , or number of wheels such collars may be drawing . ( Mr. Deacon , the former Borough Engineer of Liverpool , has , however , reduced traffic to ...
... passing a given section of a roadway in a given time , irrespective of the weights , speeds , or number of wheels such collars may be drawing . ( Mr. Deacon , the former Borough Engineer of Liverpool , has , however , reduced traffic to ...
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... passing along a roadway : they are gravity , collision , friction , and the resistance of the air . The first of these is lessened by easy gradients in a road , the second can be overcome to a great extent by evenness of sur- face , the ...
... passing along a roadway : they are gravity , collision , friction , and the resistance of the air . The first of these is lessened by easy gradients in a road , the second can be overcome to a great extent by evenness of sur- face , the ...
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... passing . In France and other countries the right side is the " rule of the road . " In the case of pedestrians it is perhaps more con- venient for many reasons to pass on the right side , one being that the umbrella or parasol is ...
... passing . In France and other countries the right side is the " rule of the road . " In the case of pedestrians it is perhaps more con- venient for many reasons to pass on the right side , one being that the umbrella or parasol is ...
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... passing in 10 hours . With reference to the great cost of maintenance in Paris , the following particulars * may here be given ; " The surface of the street is picked by gangs of men , metal from 2 to 9 inches in thickness is then laid ...
... passing in 10 hours . With reference to the great cost of maintenance in Paris , the following particulars * may here be given ; " The surface of the street is picked by gangs of men , metal from 2 to 9 inches in thickness is then laid ...
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Page 313 - Notices, orders and other such documents under this Act may be in writing or print, or partly in writing and partly in print ; and if the same...
Page 221 - Every local authority may, and when required by order of the local government board shall, themselves undertake or contract for — The removal of house refuse from premises ; The cleansing of earthclosets, privies, ashpits, and cesspools; either for the whole or any part of their district...
Page 252 - ... premises within the same curtilage, and made merely for the purpose of communicating therefrom with a cesspool or other like receptacle for drainage, or with a sewer into which the drainage of two or more buildings or premises occupied by different persons is conveyed : " Sewer " includes sewers and drains of every description, except drains to which the word