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THE title of this book is hardly broad enough to do justice to the contents, which include general descriptions of construction and maintenance of roads, and of other points to be considered when building a new road or improving one already built. At the same time, all who have to do with road-making know that they can learn something from an account of the methods adopted by the highly-educated and able engineers whose work has resulted in the excellent roads of France to-day, and whose experience as to the best and most economical systems extend over more than a hundred years. The author has brought together the results of this instructive experience, and has thereby produced a work which will be of great service to road contractors and engineers in every country.
Roads and Pavements in France.
By A. P. Rockwell Pp. 107. (New York: John Wiley and Sons. London: Chapman and Hall, Ltd., 1896.)
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Roads and Pavements in France. Nature 53, 508 (1896). https://doi.org/10.1038/053508b0
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