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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... . effectually secured is the purpose of the follow- ing pages . The measures necessary to be taken for afford- ing the means of travelling with rapidity and safety , and of transporting goods at low rates of B INTRODUCTION.
... . effectually secured is the purpose of the follow- ing pages . The measures necessary to be taken for afford- ing the means of travelling with rapidity and safety , and of transporting goods at low rates of B INTRODUCTION.
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... necessary to be done to secure good roads in this country , it will be useful to mention the conduct of other nations in this branch of political economy . A description of this kind may serve to give a better tone to the ideas of those ...
... necessary to be done to secure good roads in this country , it will be useful to mention the conduct of other nations in this branch of political economy . A description of this kind may serve to give a better tone to the ideas of those ...
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... . They founded the road on piles where the ground was not solid , and raised it by strong side walls , or by arches and piers where it was necessary to gain eleva- tion . The paved part of the great military roads 8 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... . They founded the road on piles where the ground was not solid , and raised it by strong side walls , or by arches and piers where it was necessary to gain eleva- tion . The paved part of the great military roads 8 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... necessary to employ a cart , as all that a horse could carry on his back was not sufficient to defray the cost of a long journey . The time that the carriers ( for such was the name given to those that used carts ) usually required to ...
... necessary to employ a cart , as all that a horse could carry on his back was not sufficient to defray the cost of a long journey . The time that the carriers ( for such was the name given to those that used carts ) usually required to ...
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... necessary to bring them into a perfect state . At the present time , although the country gentlemen are somewhat more active and better informed , the degree of improvement which they have introduced is little more than the palliation ...
... necessary to bring them into a perfect state . At the present time , although the country gentlemen are somewhat more active and better informed , the degree of improvement which they have introduced is little more than the palliation ...
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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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