Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and Others |
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... length . The benefits likely to result from the construction of subways are also described in a concise manner , while other matters of general importance receive due and adequate notice . The Author has throughout this treatise adhered ...
... length . The benefits likely to result from the construction of subways are also described in a concise manner , while other matters of general importance receive due and adequate notice . The Author has throughout this treatise adhered ...
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... Length and Width of Metal Patches - Stocking old Surface - Time of year when Repairs should be carried out - Binding or Blinding Use of Trestles - Composition of Road - coatings - Proportion of Solid to void in Metalling - Proportion of ...
... Length and Width of Metal Patches - Stocking old Surface - Time of year when Repairs should be carried out - Binding or Blinding Use of Trestles - Composition of Road - coatings - Proportion of Solid to void in Metalling - Proportion of ...
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... length 120 feet . Iter was a road for pedestrians and horsemen , the breadth of which was 3 feet . Semita was only ... length 52,964 Roman miles . " † In Peru the Incas appear to have built great roads . That from Quito to Cuzco was ...
... length 120 feet . Iter was a road for pedestrians and horsemen , the breadth of which was 3 feet . Semita was only ... length 52,964 Roman miles . " † In Peru the Incas appear to have built great roads . That from Quito to Cuzco was ...
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... length , with pieces of wood laid at intervals across them , or perhaps they were originally made fast by nails . The width of the causeway was about 14 feet , while the distance apart of the wheels of the waggons has been estimated ...
... length , with pieces of wood laid at intervals across them , or perhaps they were originally made fast by nails . The width of the causeway was about 14 feet , while the distance apart of the wheels of the waggons has been estimated ...
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... and the stones for that length to be laid regular : these covered drains shall in no instance ( without particular directions in writing from the principal engineer employed by the Commissioners ) 16 ROAD MAKING AND MAINTENANCE .
... and the stones for that length to be laid regular : these covered drains shall in no instance ( without particular directions in writing from the principal engineer employed by the Commissioners ) 16 ROAD MAKING AND MAINTENANCE .
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