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... thick . A traveller in one case reports having crawled entirely across a road under the pavement where the earth had been washed away and the masonry had been self - supporting . Such roads lasted a long time . The Appian Way was said ...
... thick . A traveller in one case reports having crawled entirely across a road under the pavement where the earth had been washed away and the masonry had been self - supporting . Such roads lasted a long time . The Appian Way was said ...
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... thick ; that is , as deep in the ground as they are broad on top , the gutters shallow and laid round without edges , which makes the coaches glide easily over them . " On another page he says the material was a very hard sandstone ...
... thick ; that is , as deep in the ground as they are broad on top , the gutters shallow and laid round without edges , which makes the coaches glide easily over them . " On another page he says the material was a very hard sandstone ...
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... thick , 6 to 14 inches long , and 6 to 10 inches deep , and set on 6 inches of sand . In 1842 the specifications called for a regular block 4 to 5 inches thick , 7 to 12 inches long , and 10 inches deep , set on 7 inches of gravel ...
... thick , 6 to 14 inches long , and 6 to 10 inches deep , and set on 6 inches of sand . In 1842 the specifications called for a regular block 4 to 5 inches thick , 7 to 12 inches long , and 10 inches deep , set on 7 inches of gravel ...
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... thickness separated from each other by some softer material . The thickness of these layers probably depends upon the time one force acted continuously upon the sand , the softer deposits being made during the intervening period . The ...
... thickness separated from each other by some softer material . The thickness of these layers probably depends upon the time one force acted continuously upon the sand , the softer deposits being made during the intervening period . The ...
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... thickness of the quarry - beds , as well as the amount of the overlying earth . The beds range in thickness from an inch up to three feet , and in a few cases to six feet , the thinner layers being near the surface . The strata can ...
... thickness of the quarry - beds , as well as the amount of the overlying earth . The beds range in thickness from an inch up to three feet , and in a few cases to six feet , the thinner layers being near the surface . The strata can ...
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