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A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Roadmaking; Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads (Common, MacAdam, Paved, Plank, Etc.) and Rail-Roads

A Manual of the Principles and Practice of Roadmaking; Comprising the Location, Construction, and Improvement of Roads (Common, MacAdam, Paved, Plank, Etc.) and Rail-Roads


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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1862 edition. Excerpt: ...and is nearly, but not entirely, consolidated; men being stationed to continually rake in the ruts, as fast as they appear. A second coating of 3 or 4 inches should then be added and treated like the first; and finally a third coating. A very heavy roller drawn over the road will hasten its consolidation. Wet weather is the most favorable time for adding new materials. A very erroneous practice is that of putting the larger gravel at the bottom, and the smaller at the surface; for, from the effects of the frost, and of the vibration of carriages, the larger stones will rise to the surface and the smaller ones descend, like the materials in a shaken sieve, and the road will never become firm and smooth. 3. BROKEN-STONE ROADS. Broken-stone roads have been the subjects of violent partisanship on many disputed points, and the most important of these questions relates to the propriety or necessity of a paved foundation beneath the coating of broken stones. McAdam warmly denies the advantages of this, while Telford supports and practises it. Brokenstone roads may therefore be conveniently divided into McAdam roads and Telford roads. McADAM ROADS. Mr. McAdam, who first brought into general use in England roads of broken stone, and from whom they derive their popular name, is said to have deduced the MillinRton, p. 234. leading principles of his improved system from his observation of the passage of a heavy vehicle, such as a loaded stage-coach, over a newly-formed gravel road. The wheels sink in to a considerable depth, and plough up the road, in consequence of the roundness of the pebbles, which renders them easily displaced. Hence ensues great friction against the wheels; which, moreover, are always in hollows with little hills of pebbles in...


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  • ISBN-13: 9781230032269
  • Publisher: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Publisher Imprint: Rarebooksclub.com
  • Height: 246 mm
  • No of Pages: 90
  • Spine Width: 5 mm
  • Width: 189 mm
  • ISBN-10: 1230032266
  • Publisher Date: 13 Sep 2013
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: N
  • Weight: 177 gr


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