The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's HandbookE. & F. N. Spon, 1883 - 394 pages |
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Page 36
... rolled with a steam roller , and all depressions which then appear are to be filled with the same material as the road - bed , and rolled until the whole be uniformly compact and firm . * It is necessary to give a new roadway more ...
... rolled with a steam roller , and all depressions which then appear are to be filled with the same material as the road - bed , and rolled until the whole be uniformly compact and firm . * It is necessary to give a new roadway more ...
Page 37
... rolled with the steam roller until it be firm , compact , and solid . On its upper surface it must be identical Instead of parallel lines it is sometimes well to place these stones diagonally from centre to kerb or " herring - bone ...
... rolled with the steam roller until it be firm , compact , and solid . On its upper surface it must be identical Instead of parallel lines it is sometimes well to place these stones diagonally from centre to kerb or " herring - bone ...
Page 38
... rolled with a 15 - ton steam roller until it is even , firm , and compact ; on this bed rubble stone is carefully placed by hand with its broadest surface downwards , then 12 inches of metal are added 6 inches at a time , thoroughly rolled ...
... rolled with a 15 - ton steam roller until it is even , firm , and compact ; on this bed rubble stone is carefully placed by hand with its broadest surface downwards , then 12 inches of metal are added 6 inches at a time , thoroughly rolled ...
Page 39
... rolled so as to compact and bind it together . * " If roads be kept dry they will be maintained in a good state with propor- tionally less expense . It has been well observed that the statuary cannot saw his marble , nor the lapidary ...
... rolled so as to compact and bind it together . * " If roads be kept dry they will be maintained in a good state with propor- tionally less expense . It has been well observed that the statuary cannot saw his marble , nor the lapidary ...
Page 42
... rolled at per kilometre ton , that is , at per ton weight of roller per kilometre travelled , at a cost of about 15.33d . per ton mile for the first 250,000 ton miles , and at reduced rates for additional service . The materials used ...
... rolled at per kilometre ton , that is , at per ton weight of roller per kilometre travelled , at a cost of about 15.33d . per ton mile for the first 250,000 ton miles , and at reduced rates for additional service . The materials used ...
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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