 If a road between two places ten miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its length would exceed that of a perfectly straight road between the same points by only about one hundred...  Report - 91. oldalszerző: Indiana. Department of Geology and Natural Resources - 1905 - 8 oldalTeljes nézet - Információ erről a könyvről
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1850 - 396 oldal
...small. If a road between two places ten miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its...perfectly straight road between the same points by only ajjout one hundred and fifty yards.* WHAT ROADS OUGHT TO BE. But even if the level and curved road... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1852 - 400 oldal
...small. If a road between two places ten miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its...straight road between the same points by only about one hundred and fifty yards.* * Sganzin, p. 89. But even if the level and curved road were very much... | |
 | 1861 - 636 oldal
..."If a road between two places, ten miles apart, were made to curve, so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its...straight road between the same points, by only about four hundred and fifty feet." As a man will walk three hundred and fifty feet in a minute, and an ordinary... | |
 | William Mitchell Gillespie - 1868 - 544 oldal
...places ten miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter a ' a mile of it at once, its length would exceed that...straight road between the same points by only about one hundred and fifty yards.* * Sganzin, p. 89. But even if the level and curved road were very much... | |
 | Burton Willis Potter - 1886 - 132 oldal
...Thus, if a road between two places ten miles apart was made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than a quarter of a mile of it at once, its...straight road between the same points by only about one hundred and fifty yards. But, in any event, in road-making mere straightness should always yield... | |
 | United States. Department of Agriculture - 1898 - 770 oldal
...is slightly curved is less than one would imagine. Says Sganzin : " If a road between two places 10 miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could...same points by only about 150 yards." Even if the distance around a hill bo much greater, it is often more economical to construct it that way than to... | |
 | Ira Osborn Baker - 1903 - 688 oldal
...¿"Tñformula, see the author's Engineer's Surveying Instruments, p. 16. For the demonstration of this its length would exceed that of a perfectly straight road between the same points by only about one hundred and fifty yards." * One of the most common defects of ordinary country roads is that distance... | |
 | Archer Butler Hulbert - 1905 - 226 oldal
...good grain, fruit, or vegetables, they should let the roads go through the best parts of the farms. The difference in length between a straight road and...straight road between the same points by only about one hundred and fifty yards." Even if the distance around a hill be much greater, it is often more... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne - 1906 - 96 oldal
...places ten miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than one-quarter of a mile of it at once, its length would exceed that of a straight road between the same points by only about four hundred and fifty feet. Zigzags. The method... | |
 | Austin Thomas Byrne, Alfred Edward Phillips - 1907 - 152 oldal
...places ten miles apart were made to curve so that the eye could nowhere see farther than one-quarter of a mile of it at once, its length would exceed that of a straight road between the same points by only about four hundred and fifty feet. Zigzags. The method... | |
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