A Treatise on Roads: Wherein the Principles on which Roads Should be Made are Explained and Illustrated, by the Plans, Specifications, and Contracts Made Use of by Thomas Telford, Esq. on the Holyhead RoadLongman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1838 - 465 psl. |
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... effect in Greece . It was reserved for a com- mercial people to observe the benefits of facility of . travelling and transporting goods ; hence it is that the invention of paved roads is given to the Car- thaginians . " The Romans did ...
... effect in Greece . It was reserved for a com- mercial people to observe the benefits of facility of . travelling and transporting goods ; hence it is that the invention of paved roads is given to the Car- thaginians . " The Romans did ...
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... effect of fifteen centuries . 46 They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object was to facilitate the marches of their legions . " * After enumerating all the cities ...
... effect of fifteen centuries . 46 They united the subjects of the most distant provinces by an easy and familiar intercourse ; but their primary object was to facilitate the marches of their legions . " * After enumerating all the cities ...
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... effect of it in all parts of the kingdom is so great , that I found it perfectly practicable to travel upon wheels by a map . I will go here , I will go there ; I could trace a route upon paper as wild as fancy could dictate ; and every ...
... effect of it in all parts of the kingdom is so great , that I found it perfectly practicable to travel upon wheels by a map . I will go here , I will go there ; I could trace a route upon paper as wild as fancy could dictate ; and every ...
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... effects would here flow from adopting the measure which would ease the king- dom of a great burden in its public effect absolutely contemptible . " " " * One of the greatest efforts which has been made in modern times by the legislature ...
... effects would here flow from adopting the measure which would ease the king- dom of a great burden in its public effect absolutely contemptible . " " " * One of the greatest efforts which has been made in modern times by the legislature ...
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... effect of hills in drawing carriages over them . Dr. Lardner , in the evidence which he gave before the Committee of ... effects of hills , which are highly deserving of attention . The following is an extract from his examination . " A ...
... effect of hills in drawing carriages over them . Dr. Lardner , in the evidence which he gave before the Committee of ... effects of hills , which are highly deserving of attention . The following is an extract from his examination . " A ...
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2d Edition abutments acclivity Allesley arch axle bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre cloth coach coating commissioners considerable constructed contractor Coventry cross drains depôts depth draught drawing earth eighteen inches elasticity embankments engineer Engravings expense experiments fences foot footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four inches gravel half hard Hartshill hill hind Holyhead Road horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide J. C. LOUDON John Kershaw labour laid length line of road London masonry materials ment miles necessary nine inches North Wales paved pavement placed Plate posts principle proper quicksets Rates of Inclination repair road-making roadway side channels side springs six inches slopes spirit level Stowe Hill surface surveyor Telford Thomas Baylis three inches tractive TREATISE trustees turnpike roads turnpike trusts velocity Vignette Titles vols waggon weight wheels whole wing walls Woodcuts yards
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