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" All the irregularities of the upper part of the said pavement are to be broken off by the hammer, and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that when the whole pavement is finished there... "
A Treatise on Surveying and Civil Engineering, Wherein Everything that is ... - Page 54
by P. O'Shaughnessy (Civil engineer) - 1848 - 98 pages
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The Construction of Roads and Streets. In Two Parts: The art of constructing ...

Henry Law - 1887 - 424 pages
...and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips, firmly wedged or packed by hand, with a light hammer ; so that when the whole pavement is finished,...in the breadth of 15 feet from the centre." * The stone which Telford employed for this purpose, was generally such as would have been totally unfit...
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Development of Transportation Systems in the United States: Comprising a ...

John Luther Ringwalt - 1888 - 532 pages
...and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips, firmly wedged, or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that, when the whole pavement is finished, there shall be a convexity of four inches in the breadth of fifteen feet from the centre." The advantages claimed for a foundation...
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The Construction of Roads and Streets

Henry Law, Daniel Kinnear Clark - 1890 - 424 pages
...and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips, firmly wedged or packed by hand, with a light hammer ; so that when the whole pavement is finished,...in the breadth of 15 feet from the centre." * The stone which Telford employed for this purpose, was generally such as would have been totally unfit...
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Streets and Highways in Foreign Countries: Reports from the ..., Volume 3

United States. Bureau of Foreign Commerce - 1891 - 624 pages
...and all the interslices to be filled with stone chips firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that when the whole pavement is finished...convexity of 4 inches in the breadth of 15 feet from the center. The middle 18 feet of pavement is to be coated with hard stones to the depth of 6 inches. Four...
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A Treatise on Civil Engineering

William Macfarland Patton - 1895 - 1864 pages
...thinner towards the sides, and only a portion of the base is thus covered, the crowning being about 4 inches in the breadth of 15 feet from the centre. The middle 18 feet of the roadway is covered with hard stones to the depth of 6 inches. First a layer of 4 inches is laid...
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The Construction of Roads and Streets: With Historical Sketch of the ...

William Henry Maxwell - 1899 - 304 pages
...and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips firmly wedged or packed by hand with a light hammer, so that when the whole pavement is finished there shall be a convexity of 4 in. in the breadth of 15 ft. from the centre. "The middle 18ft. of pavement is to be coated with hard...
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A Manual of Forest Engineering for India, Volume 2

Charles Gilbert Rogers - 1901 - 296 pages
...and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips firmly wedged or packed by hand, with a light hammer; so that when the whole pavement is finished...inches in the breadth of 15 feet from the centre. If the road bed be as hard and rigid as a rock surface, there is no need for a Telford sub-pavement...
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A Manual of Forest Engineering for India, Volume 2

Charles Gilbert Rogers - 1901 - 300 pages
...and all the interstices to be filled with stone chips firmly wedged or packed by hand, with a light hammer; so that when the whole pavement is finished...shall be a convexity of 4 inches in the breadth of i5 feet from the centre. If the road bed be as hard and rigid as a rock surface, there is no need for...
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The Construction of Roads and Streets

Henry Law, Daniel Kinnear Clark - 1901 - 568 pages
...firmly wedged or packed by hand, with 'a light hammer ; so that when the whole pavement is finiohed, there shall be a convexity of 4 inches in the breadth of 15 feet from the centre." * The stone which Telford employed for this purpose, was generally such as would have been totally unfit...
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The Construction of Roads and Streets

Henry Law, Daniel Kinnear Clark - 1901 - 564 pages
...firmly wedged or packed by hand, with a light hammer ; so that when the whole pavement is finiohed, there shall be a convexity of 4 inches in the breadth of 15 feet from the centre." * The stone which Telford employed for this purpose, was generally such as would have been totally unfit...
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