Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others |
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12 inches adopted amount annual applied arch asphalte Aveling & Porter average basalt binder course blasting blasting gelatine blocks bore-hole breaking bricks carriageway carried cement cent CHARLES GRIFFIN Clee Hill coat of metalling concrete considerable consolidated construction cost creosote oil cubic yard depth detonators diameter distance districts drains drill-bit durable embankment employed engine expenditure explosive feet fixed foundation gradients granite gravel grout haulage horses inches iron jaws joints kerb labour laid limestone London macadam maintenance manual labour material means method mile nature necessary obtained operations paving pipes pitch placed practice quantity quarry repairs road metal road surface road-roller roadway rock drill roller rolling sand scarifying screen setts shot-holes shown in fig side spread square yard steam steam-rolled stone-breaking machine stones street subways sufficient suitable syenite thickness thoroughfares tons varying vehicles wear weight wheel traffic width wood pavement
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