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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... ment Mortar - Effect of Salt Water in Cement Mortar - Effect of Frost on Mortar - Concrete - Early Use of - Proportions for Concrete- Mixing - Amount of Material per Cubic Yard of Concrete - Voids in Broken Stone - Proper Consistency of ...
... ment Mortar - Effect of Salt Water in Cement Mortar - Effect of Frost on Mortar - Concrete - Early Use of - Proportions for Concrete- Mixing - Amount of Material per Cubic Yard of Concrete - Voids in Broken Stone - Proper Consistency of ...
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... ment - Action of Illuminating Gas on Asphalt - Condition of Pave- ment at End of Guaranty - Rock Asphalt Pavements - Asphalt Pave- ments in London - Repairs and Maintenance - Cost of , in Different Cities - Noiseless Manhole - covers ...
... ment - Action of Illuminating Gas on Asphalt - Condition of Pave- ment at End of Guaranty - Rock Asphalt Pavements - Asphalt Pave- ments in London - Repairs and Maintenance - Cost of , in Different Cities - Noiseless Manhole - covers ...
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... ment was detestable ; all foreigners cried shame upon it . The drainage was so bad that in rainy weather the gutters soon became torrents . " Walter Besant in his " History of London " states that in the Elizabethan period carts only ...
... ment was detestable ; all foreigners cried shame upon it . The drainage was so bad that in rainy weather the gutters soon became torrents . " Walter Besant in his " History of London " states that in the Elizabethan period carts only ...
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... ment , and 12,238 square yards of wood , in the city . This would indicate that wood , as first laid , was discontinued , and was not used again till laid in its improved form . Concrete was first used in London as a base for pavements ...
... ment , and 12,238 square yards of wood , in the city . This would indicate that wood , as first laid , was discontinued , and was not used again till laid in its improved form . Concrete was first used in London as a base for pavements ...
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... ment of the times . The present - shaped granite blocks were first used in 1876 or 1877 , though the Guidet patent blocks had been used a few years previously . This latter had also been adopted to some extent in Brooklyn , but never ...
... ment of the times . The present - shaped granite blocks were first used in 1876 or 1877 , though the Guidet patent blocks had been used a few years previously . This latter had also been adopted to some extent in Brooklyn , but never ...
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