Batter of Slopes, 2 to 1. Depth of Cutting. ft. 56 24 feet. 27 feet. 30 feet. 33 feet. 36 feet. in Breadth. in. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. 018617 19028 19438 19849 20260 136 89, 56 3 18769 19181 19594 20006 20419 137.50 56 6 18921 19336 19750 20164 20579|138 11 56 9 19074 19490 19907 20323 20739 138 72| 57 57 57 57 58 58 58 59 59 59 59 60 60 60 60 61 0 19228 19646 20064 20482 20900 139 33 0 19849 20274 20700 21125 21550 141.78 0 20480 20912 21345 21778 22210 144.22 0 21120 21560 22000 22440 22880 146.67 3 21282 21723 22165 22607 23049 147.28 6 21444 21888 22331 22775 23219 147.89 9 21607 22052 22498 22943 23389 148 50 0 21770 22218 22665 23112 23560 149.11 61 3 21934 22383 22833 23282 23731 149.72 61 6 22099 22550 23001 23452 23903 150:33 61 9 22264 22717 23170 23623 24076 150 94 62 0 22430 22885 23340 23794 24249 62 3 22597 23053 23510 23966 24423 62 6 22764 23222 23681 24139 24597 151.55 152 17 152 78 62 9 22932 23392 23852 24812 24772 153:39 Batter of Slopes, 2 to 1. Depth of Cutting. ft. 63 63 63 63 65 perpendclr foot 24 feet. 27 feet. 30 feet. 33 feet. 36 feet. in Breadth in. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. cube yds. 023100 23562 24024 24486 24948|| 154. 3 23269 23733 24197 24660 25124|| 154.61 6 | 23439 23904 24370 24836 25301 155.22 9 23609 24076 24544 25011 25479 155.83 64 0 23780 24249 24718 25188 25657 156.44 64 3 23951 24422 24893 25365 25836 157.06 64 624123 24596|25069 25542 26015 157.67 64 924296 24770 25245 25720 26195 158.28 65 024469 24946 25422 25899 26376 158.89 324643 25121 25600 26078 26557 159.50 6 24817 25298 25778 26258 26739 160 11 65 9 24992 25474 25957 26439 26921 160 72 66 0 25168 25652 26136 26620 27104 161.33 66 3 25344 25830 26316 26802 27288 161.94 6 25521 26009 26497 26984 27472 162.55 925699 26188 26678 27167 27657 163.17 025877 26368 26860 27351 27842|| 163.78 3 26056 26549 27042 27535 28028 164.39 626235 26730 27225 27720 28215 165. 926415 26912 27409 27905 28402 165.61 65 66 66 67 67 67 67 68 0 26596 27094 27593 28092 28590 166.22 68 3 26777 27277 27778 28278 28779 166.83 626959 27461 27963 28466 28968 167.44 9 27141 27645 28149 28654 29158 168.06 68 68 69 69 027324 27830 28336 28842 29348|| 168.67 327508 28015 28523 29031 29539 169.28 69 6 27692 28202 28711 29221 29731 169.89 69 927877 28388 28900 29411 29923 170.50 70 028062 28576 29089 29602 30116|| 171.11 INDEX. ABBE Raynal on internal communica- Borrodail's " Patent Felt," 163 tion, 2 Ancient canals, 3 Ashlar work, masonry, 129 lating, 89, 90 Bricklaying, 131, 133 Brickwork, specifying, 132 arching, 134 Average leadage, methods of calcu- Bridges and tunnels, 124, 135 BALLASTING, 152 rubble drains underneath, 154 Barrowing, 57 Batters of slope explained, 113 Bedlington Iron Works, rails of, 34,147 Blasting rock, 65 Blocks, stone, 33, 154, 158 chairing, 154, 160 setting, at right-angles, 155 obliquely, 156 Block-and-course walls, 131 Bridgewater's, Duke of, Canal, 10 CALEDONIAN Canal, 14 Roman, 9 English, 10 Scottish, 10, 14 Irish, 17 introduced into Great Britain, 9 and railways contrasted, 19 Capillary attraction, 120 Car Dyke Canal, 10 Carlisle Railway, Cowran Hills cut improved method of 157 Chairs, see Pedestals Booth's, Mr., "Patent Axle Grease and Lubricating Fluid," 107 Boring, 55 rocks, American patent for, 65 Chapman, Mr., on wrought and cast- iron rails, 146 Chat Moss, 38 railway upon, 152 Excavations, setting out, 53, 55 Great North of England Railway, soiling and grassing slopes Great Western Railway, continuous dwarf-walling, and piling HARTLEPOOL Railway, 37 facilitating the delivery of Hornblower, Mr., on cast-iron rails, 31 excavated earth, 115 Excavation tables 165 FACILITIES of railways, 19, 22, 23 Fencing, 138 Fence-railing, 143 walls, 144 Formation-level, 54, 66 Forth and Clyde Canal, 17 Foss Dyke Canal, 9 GORDON, Mr., on wheel-tires and horses' shoes, 103. Gradients 40 rules for calculating, 41 Grand Trunk Canal, 11 Irish, 18 Granite tramways, 103 Grease, patent axle, 107 Horse, power of a, 74, 76, 78 speed, 74 duration of his day's work, ib. 74, 75, 78 gross load removed each day by proper angle of draught for a, 75 tons and cubic yards of earth re- moved per day by each, 76, 79 earth per cubic yard per mile, conveying horses, 82, 87 maximum effect produced by, 88 JESSOP's cast-iron rails, 33 |