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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... advantages to be derived from the scheme , and induce them to furnish the means of defraying the expense ; 2d , to procure the consent of all the numerous , and in some instances turbulent , bodies of local trustees , upon an extensive ...
... advantages to be derived from the scheme , and induce them to furnish the means of defraying the expense ; 2d , to procure the consent of all the numerous , and in some instances turbulent , bodies of local trustees , upon an extensive ...
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... advantages of them so generally and so extensively felt by every description of in- dividuals from the highest to the lowest , that no labour or expense should be spared in providing them . Roads , canals , and navigable rivers , may be ...
... advantages of them so generally and so extensively felt by every description of in- dividuals from the highest to the lowest , that no labour or expense should be spared in providing them . Roads , canals , and navigable rivers , may be ...
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... advantage of the valleys of the country , and skilfully cutting through high banks and filling hollows . Mr. Abercromby made all his roads with stones broken very small . This practice had long existed in Scotland , and is recommended ...
... advantage of the valleys of the country , and skilfully cutting through high banks and filling hollows . Mr. Abercromby made all his roads with stones broken very small . This practice had long existed in Scotland , and is recommended ...
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... if it be practicable to avoid so doing , is that which will afford every advantage in descending hills , as well as in ascending them . For , as carriages are necessarily retarded in ascend- ing 38 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
... if it be practicable to avoid so doing , is that which will afford every advantage in descending hills , as well as in ascending them . For , as carriages are necessarily retarded in ascend- ing 38 A TREATISE ON ROADS .
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... advantages would arise from the general adoption of this drag for the public conveyances of this country . " 1st . A ... advantage of a portion of the impetus acquired in going down one hill to assist in overcoming its opposite ascent ...
... advantages would arise from the general adoption of this drag for the public conveyances of this country . " 1st . A ... advantage of a portion of the impetus acquired in going down one hill to assist in overcoming its opposite ascent ...
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