Road Making and Maintenance: A Practical Treatise for Engineers, Surveyors, and OthersC. Griffin, Limited, 1900 - 440 Seiten |
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... similar laws and ordinances to the others . The road from Spain into Italy , through Nismes , was of this kind , and only passable during the summer months . " In the winter and spring it was in a soft state , from the water which came ...
... similar laws and ordinances to the others . The road from Spain into Italy , through Nismes , was of this kind , and only passable during the summer months . " In the winter and spring it was in a soft state , from the water which came ...
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... similar circum- stances . For a considerable period after the occupation of Britain by the Romans the roads made by them were the only means of internal com- munication , but during the Dark Ages they were allowed to fall out of repair ...
... similar circum- stances . For a considerable period after the occupation of Britain by the Romans the roads made by them were the only means of internal com- munication , but during the Dark Ages they were allowed to fall out of repair ...
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... similar to that of the Glasgow and Carlisle road , a cross - section of a 30 feet roadway being shown at fig . 6 . Such were the great improvements effected by Telford in carrying out these works , that the Select Committee of the House ...
... similar to that of the Glasgow and Carlisle road , a cross - section of a 30 feet roadway being shown at fig . 6 . Such were the great improvements effected by Telford in carrying out these works , that the Select Committee of the House ...
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... similar circumstances . At a trotting pace , the resistances are equal . 7th . The destruction of the road is , in all cases , greater as the diameters of the wheels are less , and it is greater in carriages without than in those with ...
... similar circumstances . At a trotting pace , the resistances are equal . 7th . The destruction of the road is , in all cases , greater as the diameters of the wheels are less , and it is greater in carriages without than in those with ...
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... similar conditions was found to be 11 of the gross load , or 44 lbs . per ton . 6. There can be no question that the smoother and harder the surface of a road is , the tractive force or draught necessary to move a vehicle will be less ...
... similar conditions was found to be 11 of the gross load , or 44 lbs . per ton . 6. There can be no question that the smoother and harder the surface of a road is , the tractive force or draught necessary to move a vehicle will be less ...
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Seite 42 - CONTENTS. — Resolution and Composition of Forces — Work done by Machines and Living Agents— The Mechanical Powers : The Lever ; Derricks as Bent Levers — The Wheel and Axle : Windlass ; Ship's Capstan ; Crab Winch— Tackles : the "Old Man"— The Inclined Plane; the Screw— The Centre of Gravity of a Ship and Cargo — Relative Strength of Rope : Steel Wire, Manilla, Hemp, Coir — Derricks and Shears — Calculation of the Cross-breaking Strain of Fir Spar — Centre of Effort of Sails...
Seite 33 - TRAVERSE TABLES: Computed to Four Places of Decimals for every Minute of Angle up to 100 of Distance. For the Use of Surveyors and Engineers. BY RICHARD LLOYD GURDEN, Authorised Surveyor for the Governments of New South Wales and Victoria. ".* Published with the Concurrence of the Surveyors- General for New South Wales and Victoria. " Those who have experience in exact SURVEY-WORK will best know how to appreciate the enormous amount of labour represented by this valuable book.
Seite 72 - Public Analyst for the County of Devon, and Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone. AND M. WYNTER BLYTH, BA, B.Sc., FCS GENERAL CONTENTS. — History of Adulteration. — Legislation. — Apparatus. —
Seite 38 - is INVALUABLE. The NAVAL ARCHITECT will find brought togetner and ready to his hand, a mass of information which he would otherwise have to seek in an almost endless variety of publications, and some of which he would possibly not be able to obtain at all elsewhere."— Steamship.
Seite 59 - Professor of Mining and Director of the Otago University School of Mines ; late Director Thames School of Mines, and Geological Surveyor and Mining Geologist to the Government or New Zealand GENERAL CONTENTS.
Seite 73 - By C. AINSWORTH MITCHELL, BA, FIC, Mem. Council Soc. of Public Analysts. With numerous Illustrations and a coloured Plate.
Seite 44 - The little book will be found EXCEEDINGLY HANDY by most officers and officials connected with shipping. . . . Mr. Walton's work will obtain LASTING SUCCESS, because of its unique fitness for those for whom it has been written." — Shipping World. " An EXCELLENT WORK, full of solid instruction and INVALUABLE to every officer of the Mercantile Marine who has his profession at heart."— Shipping.
Seite 70 - THIRD EDITION, Revised, Enlarged, and Re-issued. Price 6s. net. A SHORT MANUAL OF INORGANIC CHEMISTRY. BY A. DUPRE, Ph.D.,- FRS, AND WILSON HAKE, Ph.D., FIO, FCS, Of the Westminster Hospital Medical School.
Seite 82 - A MANUAL OF DYEING; fOR THE USE OF PRACTICAL DYERS, MANUFACTURERS, STUDENTS, AND ALL INTERESTED IN THE ART OF DYEING. BY E.
Seite 82 - Properties, and Applications of the various substances described, and concise directions for their Commercial Valuation, and for the Detection of Adulterants. BY CHRISTOPHER RAWSON, FIC, FCS, Consulting Chemist to the Behar Indigo Planters' Association ; Co-Author of " A Manual of Dyeing ;