Road Making and Maintenance:
A PRACTICAL TREATISE FOR ENGINEERS, SURVEYORS, AND OTHERS.
With an Historical Sketch of Ancient and Modern Practice.
By THOS. AITKEN, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E.,
Member of the Association of Municipal and County Engineers; Member of the Sanitary Inst.; Surveyor to the County Council of Fife, Cupar Division.
WITH NUMEROUS PLATES, DIAGRAMS, AND ILLUSTRATIONS.
Contents.—Historical Sketch.—Resistance of Traction.—Laying out New Roads.—Earthworks, Drainage, and Retaining Walls.—Road Materials, or Metal.—Quarrying.—Stone Breaking and Haulage.—Road-Rolling and Scarifying.—The Construction of New, and the Maintenance of existing Roads.—Carriage Ways and Foot Ways.
"The Literary style is excellent ... A comprehensive and excellent Modern Book, an up-to-date work ... Should be on the reference shelf of every Municipal and County Engineer or Surveyor in the United Kingdom, and of every Colonial Engineer."—The Surveyor.
Third Edition, Revised and Enlarged. With Illustrations, 12s. 6d.