 I consider a road should be as flat as possible, with regard to allowing the water to run off it at all, because a carriage ought to stand upright in travelling as much as possible. I have generally made roads three inches higher in the centre than at...  Report of the Secretary of Agriculture ... - Էջ 560United States. Department of Agriculture - 1867Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
 | John Loudon M'Adam - 1821 - 222 էջ
...have generally made roads three inches higher in the centre than I have at the sides, when they are 18 feet wide; if the road be smooth and well made, the water will run off very easily in such a slope. Do you consider a road so made will not be likely to wear hollow in the middle, so as to allow the... | |
 | John Loudon McAdam - 1822 - 212 էջ
...made roads three inches higher in the centre than I have at the sides, when they are 18 feet wide j if the road be smooth and well made, the water will run off very easily in such a slope. Do you consider a road BO made will not be likely to wear hollow in the middle, so as to allow the... | |
 | Roads - 1839 - 404 էջ
...regard to allowing the water to run off at all, because a carriage ought to stand upright in travelling. I have generally made roads three inches higher in...water will run off very easily in such a slope." And again, he says: " When a road is made flat, people will not follow the middle of it, as they do, when... | |
 | Henry Law - 1850 - 150 էջ
...travelling as much as possible. I have generally made roads three inches higher in the center than I have at the sides, when they are eighteen feet wide ; if...And, in answer to the question, " Do you consider a road so made will not be likely to wear hollow in the middle, so as to allow the water to stand,... | |
 | Ohio State Board of Agriculture - 1870 - 740 էջ
...traveling as much as possible. I have generally made roads three inches higher in the center than I have at the sides, when they are eighteen feet wide. If the road be smooth and well made, the waiter will run off very easily in such a slope." And, in answer to the question, "Do you consider... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1867 - 736 էջ
...should be as flat as possible, with regard to allowing the water to run off it at all, because a carnage ought to stand upright in travelling as much as possible....road so' made will not be likely to wear hollow in tho middle, so as not to allow the water to stand, after it has been used for some time?" he replies,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1867 - 770 էջ
...generally made n.oithree inches higher in the centre than at the sides when they are eighteen t'": wide. If the road be smooth and well made, the water will run off very eAsib" in such a slope." And in answer to the question, "Do you consider that л io! но made will... | |
 | Robert E. Brown - 1869 - 554 էջ
...travelling as much as possible. I have generally made roads three inches higher in the centre than I have at the sides, when they are eighteen feet wide ; if...the water will run off very easily in such a slope." In answer to another question, he states : " When a road is made flat, people will not follow the middle... | |
 | Robert E. Brown - 1869 - 564 էջ
...travelling as much as possible. I have generally made roads three inches higher in the centre than I have at the sides, when they are eighteen feet wide ; if...the water will run off very easily in such a slope." In answer to another question, he states: " When a road is made flat, people will not follow the middle... | |
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