Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Economics of Road Construction
We have seen the thickness of broken stone roads reduced from the 36 ins. Of the Romans to the 18 ins. Of Telford, to the 12 and even the 6 ins. Of Macadam, to the 6' and in some cases the 4 ins. Of to-day.
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