Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others |
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... cent ground , so as to give every facility for the water to escape from the bottom as well as from the surface of the road . The size of metal adopted * Report of the Select Committee on the Highways of the Kingdom , 1819 , p . 22 . by ...
... cent ground , so as to give every facility for the water to escape from the bottom as well as from the surface of the road . The size of metal adopted * Report of the Select Committee on the Highways of the Kingdom , 1819 , p . 22 . by ...
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... cent . incline , or 1 in 33 , and for pavements a 2 per cent . gradient , or 1 in 50. The gradient of 1 in 30 adopted by Telford is such that , in ascending it , a horse can easily put forth the force necessary over and above the pull ...
... cent . incline , or 1 in 33 , and for pavements a 2 per cent . gradient , or 1 in 50. The gradient of 1 in 30 adopted by Telford is such that , in ascending it , a horse can easily put forth the force necessary over and above the pull ...
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... cent . 13. The Acts relating to the weights allowed for wheels with tires of different width having been repealed , County Authorities were empowered to make by - laws , under the Highways and Locomotives Act of 1878 , for regulating ...
... cent . 13. The Acts relating to the weights allowed for wheels with tires of different width having been repealed , County Authorities were empowered to make by - laws , under the Highways and Locomotives Act of 1878 , for regulating ...
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... cent . more tonnage can be carried over a road in good order , on wheels having tires 4 inches wide , than can be done on wheels with tires 2 inches wide ; the wear or damage resulting to the surface of the road being about the same in ...
... cent . more tonnage can be carried over a road in good order , on wheels having tires 4 inches wide , than can be done on wheels with tires 2 inches wide ; the wear or damage resulting to the surface of the road being about the same in ...
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... cent . of actual width of wheel , Traction Engine , with a bearing - surface of 25 per cent . of actual width of wheel , Traction - Engine weighing 9 tons in steam , two - thirds of weight on driving - wheels , and bearing equally ...
... cent . of actual width of wheel , Traction Engine , with a bearing - surface of 25 per cent . of actual width of wheel , Traction - Engine weighing 9 tons in steam , two - thirds of weight on driving - wheels , and bearing equally ...
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