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 Road |
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... appear that this display of management produced any consider- able 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 ...
... appear that this display of management produced any consider- able 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 ...
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... appear from the following table + : - In eight years , from 1785 to 1792 1792 to 1800 1800 to 1809 302 341 419 In every year since 1809 turnpike roads have been progressively established , till they have ex- tended to nearly 23,000 ...
... appear from the following table + : - In eight years , from 1785 to 1792 1792 to 1800 1800 to 1809 302 341 419 In every year since 1809 turnpike roads have been progressively established , till they have ex- tended to nearly 23,000 ...
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... appear that any system for forming them on scientific prin- ciples has been suggested by them . On the con- trary , the approbation expressed in their reports of the doctrines of a modern publication as comprising a perfect system of ...
... appear that any system for forming them on scientific prin- ciples has been suggested by them . On the con- trary , the approbation expressed in their reports of the doctrines of a modern publication as comprising a perfect system of ...
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... appear favourable . It is only by such means that the best line can be determined . These surveys should be neatly and accurately protracted and laid down on good paper , on a scale of sixty - six yards to an inch for the ground plan ...
... appear favourable . It is only by such means that the best line can be determined . These surveys should be neatly and accurately protracted and laid down on good paper , on a scale of sixty - six yards to an inch for the ground plan ...
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... appears , from a perambulation and inspection of the country , to be advisable to leave the straight line altogether from the beginning , in order to cross the ridges , at lower levels , by a circuitous course , in the way represented ...
... appears , from a perambulation and inspection of the country , to be advisable to leave the straight line altogether from the beginning , in order to cross the ridges , at lower levels , by a circuitous course , in the way represented ...
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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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