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" The paved spaces, on each side of the eighteen middle feet, are to be coated with broken stones, or well cleansed, strong gravel, up to the footpath or other boundary of the road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road six inches from the centre... "
A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: ...and Rail-roads - Page 209
by William Mitchell Gillespie - 1852 - 372 pages
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A treatise on roads

Henry Brooke Parnell (1st baron Congleton.) - 1833 - 488 pages
...road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road six inches from the centre to the sides of it ; and the whole of the materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." (See Plate III., Fig. 3.) The work of...
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A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made ...

Sir Henry Parnell - 1838 - 512 pages
...road, so as to make the whole convexity of the road six inches from the centre to the sides of it; and the whole of the materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in depth of good gravel, free from clay or earth." (See Plate III. Fig. 3.) The work of...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1854 - 410 pages
...eighteen feet of pavement is to be coated with hard stones to the depth of six inches. Four of these J six inches are to be first put on and worked in by...materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from clay or earth."* The propriety of this foundation, ("...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1855 - 398 pages
...stones set in the middle of the road are to be seven inches in depth ; at nine feet from the cehtre, five inches ; at twelve from the centre, four inches...has been shown, on page 50, to be Inferior to plane elopes on each aide of the centre. and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from clay or earth."*...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1871 - 478 pages
...the eighteen middle feet, are to be coated with broken stones, or well cleansed, strong gravel, tip to the footpath or other boundary of the road, so...and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from clay of earth."* The propriety of this foundation, ("Bottoming" ot " Pitching") has been the subject of...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1864 - 390 pages
...inches. Four of these six inches are to be first put on and worked in by carriages and horses; care^being taken to rake in the ruts until the surface becomes...materials are to be covered with a binding of an inch and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from clay o»' earth.'" The propriety of this foundation,...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1868 - 544 pages
...-eferable, to ensure drainage. The pavement would then require to t» B same depth at centre and sides. a 'bottom course or layer of stones is to be set by...section thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to b* inferior to plane slopes on each side of the centra and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1871 - 488 pages
...the said pavement are to be broken off by the hammer, and all the interstices to be filled with slone chips, firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light...section thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to h* inferior to plane slopes on each side of the centra and a half in depth, of good gravel, free from...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1871 - 888 pages
...that when the whole pavement is finished, there shall be a convexity of four inches in the breadth ot fifteen feet from the centre. " The middle eighteen...be covered with a binding of an inch * The curved eoction thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to be inferior to plane slopes on each side of the...
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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Road-making: Comprising the ...

William Mitchell Gillespie - 1871 - 494 pages
...to be broken into pieces as nearly cubical as possible, so that the largest piece, in its longes'. dimensions, may pass through a ring of two inches...be covered with a binding of an inch * The curved Boction thus obtained, has been shown, on page 50, to hi inferior to plane slopes on each side of the...
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