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 TelfordLongman, 1833 - 438 psl. |
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... thick coating of broken stones is used ; for six inches of broken stones is sufficient when laid on a pavement , and the pavement may be made with any kind of common stone . By laying the stones in making the bottoming with their ...
... thick coating of broken stones is used ; for six inches of broken stones is sufficient when laid on a pavement , and the pavement may be made with any kind of common stone . By laying the stones in making the bottoming with their ...
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... inches of broken stone of great hardness , laid on a found- ation of large stones , set in the form of a pave- ment , the power required is 46 lbs . ; on a road made with a thick coating of broken stone , laid on earth , the power ...
... inches of broken stone of great hardness , laid on a found- ation of large stones , set in the form of a pave- ment , the power required is 46 lbs . ; on a road made with a thick coating of broken stone , laid on earth , the power ...
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... inches thick , evenly laid , and closely jointed . " The slopes of the cuttings on the southern sides are to be three horizontal to one perpendi- cular ; and those of the northern side to be two horizontal to one perpendicular : these ...
... inches thick , evenly laid , and closely jointed . " The slopes of the cuttings on the southern sides are to be three horizontal to one perpendi- cular ; and those of the northern side to be two horizontal to one perpendicular : these ...
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... width and line of direction , main drains are to be cut on each side eight feet wide at top , four feet deep , and eighteen inches wide at bottom ; the peat dug out of these drains is to be spread over the surface of the roadway in form ...
... width and line of direction , main drains are to be cut on each side eight feet wide at top , four feet deep , and eighteen inches wide at bottom ; the peat dug out of these drains is to be spread over the surface of the roadway in form ...
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... inches thick , and built in regular level courses ; they should be eighteen inches high , and twelve inches apart . Particular care must be taken that the co- vering stones have a bearing of at least four inches on the side walls . They ...
... inches thick , and built in regular level courses ; they should be eighteen inches high , and twelve inches apart . Particular care must be taken that the co- vering stones have a bearing of at least four inches on the side walls . They ...
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Allesley Archway road bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre coating Commissioners contractor covered cross drains cubic yards depôts depth ditch draught earth Edition eighteen inches embankments engineer expense of drawing Fcap feet wide fences footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four feet four inches gravel ground half Hartshill Holyhead Road Horizontal horses improvement inches deep inches thick inches wide inclined plane J. C. LOUDON John Kershaw labour laid land length line of road masonry ment metal pavement miles mound necessary nine inches North Wales parish passing paved pavement Pence placed Plate VII posts proper quicksets rails railway Rates of Inclination repair road materials road-making roadway side channels side drains six inches slopes specification spirit level Stowe Hill streets surface surveyor Telford Thomas Baylis three inches trustees turnpike roads valley velocity Vols waggon weight wheels whole
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