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... Hard Woods in Sydney , New South Wales , and in London - Traffic Records - Omnibus Traffic- Loss by Wear of Australian Hard Woods in Lambeth District and in the Strand , London - Comparative Wear relative to traffic on Soft Wood ...
... Hard Woods in Sydney , New South Wales , and in London - Traffic Records - Omnibus Traffic- Loss by Wear of Australian Hard Woods in Lambeth District and in the Strand , London - Comparative Wear relative to traffic on Soft Wood ...
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... hard surface was recognized , and the system was officially adopted in 1830 for constructing roads in that country . M. Dumas , engineer - in - chief of the Ponts et Chaussées , writing in 1843 , * stated that the system of Macadam was ...
... hard surface was recognized , and the system was officially adopted in 1830 for constructing roads in that country . M. Dumas , engineer - in - chief of the Ponts et Chaussées , writing in 1843 , * stated that the system of Macadam was ...
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... hard , were thrown down in a promiscuous manner to give the convexity desired , this being surmounted with stones from old footpaths , with a small quantity of gravel raked over them to keep them together . Fig . 4 shows a cross ...
... hard , were thrown down in a promiscuous manner to give the convexity desired , this being surmounted with stones from old footpaths , with a small quantity of gravel raked over them to keep them together . Fig . 4 shows a cross ...
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... hard surface . " " It follows , " he adds , " that when that material is laid upon the road it must remain in the situation in which it is placed without ever being moved again , and what I find fault with in putting quantities of ...
... hard surface . " " It follows , " he adds , " that when that material is laid upon the road it must remain in the situation in which it is placed without ever being moved again , and what I find fault with in putting quantities of ...
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... hard bottom below this moss or soft matter , it is to be wholly removed , and the road formed on the harder substance as above described ; but when the moss or soft matter is more than 2 feet in depth , the contractors are to have their ...
... hard bottom below this moss or soft matter , it is to be wholly removed , and the road formed on the harder substance as above described ; but when the moss or soft matter is more than 2 feet in depth , the contractors are to have their ...
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