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 |
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... four or five miles , with such a number of labourers under his charge as were sufficient for maintaining the road in ... inch for the ground plan , and of thirty feet to an inch for the vertical section . The map should be correctly ...
... four or five miles , with such a number of labourers under his charge as were sufficient for maintaining the road in ... inch for the ground plan , and of thirty feet to an inch for the vertical section . The map should be correctly ...
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... inches in seventy- two . M. C- , however , caused to be constructed three ... inches in seventy- two , as had been decided on in the original plan , and thus ... 4 possible to form a road of perfect hardness over a. 54 RULES FOR TRACING ...
... inches in seventy- two . M. C- , however , caused to be constructed three ... inches in seventy- two , as had been decided on in the original plan , and thus ... 4 possible to form a road of perfect hardness over a. 54 RULES FOR TRACING ...
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... inches in thickness . * Whereas , instead of this weak and defective system ... 4 inches . St. Alban's ditto 4 ditto . Dunstable ditto 4 ditto . Puddle Hill ... four or five times a greater body or depth of materials than is commonly ...
... inches in thickness . * Whereas , instead of this weak and defective system ... 4 inches . St. Alban's ditto 4 ditto . Dunstable ditto 4 ditto . Puddle Hill ... four or five times a greater body or depth of materials than is commonly ...
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... inches of broken stones is sufficient when laid on a pavement , and the pavement may be made with any kind of common ... 4 been made with the machine invented by Mr. Macneill ,. 70 71 A TREATISE ON ROADS . PRINCIPLES OF ROAD - MAKING .
... inches of broken stones is sufficient when laid on a pavement , and the pavement may be made with any kind of common ... 4 been made with the machine invented by Mr. Macneill ,. 70 71 A TREATISE ON ROADS . PRINCIPLES OF ROAD - MAKING .
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... four inches of the surface mould , and hay seeds should be sown on it ; by this plan the slopes will soon be covered with grass , which will be a great means of preventing them from slipping . When stones can be got the slopes should be ...
... four inches of the surface mould , and hay seeds should be sown on it ; by this plan the slopes will soon be covered with grass , which will be a great means of preventing them from slipping . When stones can be got the slopes should be ...
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Allesley arch Archway road bottom breadth bridge broken stones built carriage centre coating Commissioners Committee constructed contractor cross drains cubic yards defective depôts depth district draught earth eighteen inches embankment engineer expense of drawing experiments feet wide fences footpath formed Foster's Booth foundation four inches gravel ground half Hartshill hill Holyhead Road horizontal horses House improvement inches inches deep inches thick inclined plane instrument labour laid land length line of road London masonry means Menai Strait ment miles per hour necessary nine inches North Wales parish passing paved pavement pence placed principle proper rails railway Rates of Inclination repair road materials roadway side channels six inches slopes soft matter spirit level stage coach Stowe Hill streets surface surveyor Telford theodolite Thomas Baylis three inches tolls tons trustees turnpike roads velocity waggon walls weight wheels whole