Street Pavements and Paving Materials: A Manual of City Pavements : the Methods and Materials of Their ConstructionJohn Wiley & Sons, 1900 - 532 páginas |
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... considered to have been built in the fourth dynasty , or about 4000 B.C. , it is undoubtedly , if authentic , the oldest road on record . Another ancient boulevard is mentioned by historians which must have been built soon after , as ...
... considered to have been built in the fourth dynasty , or about 4000 B.C. , it is undoubtedly , if authentic , the oldest road on record . Another ancient boulevard is mentioned by historians which must have been built soon after , as ...
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... considered as being divided into essential parts and characterizing and micro- scopic accessories . These terms are self - explanatory , the essential parts making up the body of the stone , the characterizing accessory defining its ...
... considered as being divided into essential parts and characterizing and micro- scopic accessories . These terms are self - explanatory , the essential parts making up the body of the stone , the characterizing accessory defining its ...
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... considered essential . Granite , according to Dana , consists of quartz , feldspar , and mica . Under this definition , no stone could be a granite unless it contained mica , but as the term is used commercially it includes syenite and ...
... considered essential . Granite , according to Dana , consists of quartz , feldspar , and mica . Under this definition , no stone could be a granite unless it contained mica , but as the term is used commercially it includes syenite and ...
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... considered as having been formed in place , and upon its complete formation the rock may be said to have entered upon a new era in its his- tory . When the cement is calcareous , it has generally been deposited as mud or pulverized ...
... considered as having been formed in place , and upon its complete formation the rock may be said to have entered upon a new era in its his- tory . When the cement is calcareous , it has generally been deposited as mud or pulverized ...
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... considered first . Prof. S. F. Peckham , formerly of the University of Michigan , and who has been engaged more or less in the study of this subject since 1865 , defines bitumen as " That large class of substances occurring in nature as ...
... considered first . Prof. S. F. Peckham , formerly of the University of Michigan , and who has been engaged more or less in the study of this subject since 1865 , defines bitumen as " That large class of substances occurring in nature as ...
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Página 425 - ... prescribe. In the case of neglect of any corporation to make these pavements or repairs after the expiration of thirty days' notice to do so, the local authorities may make same at the expense of such corporation.•' The street-car companies, however, have not always lived up to this requirement, and it was stated in a paper read before the American Society of Civil Engineers in December, 1896, that bills aggregating more than $700,000 had accumulated against surface railways on Manhattan Island...