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THE centenary of the death of J. L. Macadam comes at a particularly fitting time, because the history of the roads is passing through a stage very similar to that which marked the years of Macadam's greatest activity. Then, as now, transport was being handicapped by the lack of modern highways, and the march of progress hindered by out-of-date conditions.
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Quarendon, R. J. L. Macadam: Father of Modern Road-Making. Nature 138, 869–870 (1936). https://doi.org/10.1038/138869a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/138869a0