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There's a building in the City of London affectionately called the Walkie Talkie, which melted someone's brand new Jaguar.Great Joe, August 28, 2024, 04:28:14 am
There's a building in the City of London affectionately called the Walkie Talkie, which melted someone's brand new Jaguar.Great Joe, August 28, 2024, 04:28:14 amI see you also watch Plainly DifficultCozyJosie, August 28, 2024, 05:09:04 pm
Size of stones was central to McAdam's road building theory. The lower 8 in (20 cm) road thickness was restricted to stones no larger than 3 inches (7.5 cm). The upper 2-inch-thick (5 cm) layer of stones was limited to stones 2 centimetres (3⁄4 in) in diameter; these were checked by supervisors who carried scales. A workman could check the stone size himself by seeing if the stone would fit into his mouth.
Tarmac is actually tarmacadam which is tar + macadam, which is a kind of road only without the tar part of the tarmac. This is how they used to insure the quality of macadam:Size of stones was central to McAdam's road building theory. The lower 8 in (20 cm) road thickness was restricted to stones no larger than 3 inches (7.5 cm). The upper 2-inch-thick (5 cm) layer of stones was limited to stones 2 centimetres (3⁄4 in) in diameter; these were checked by supervisors who carried scales. A workman could check the stone size himself by seeing if the stone would fit into his mouth.Also macam roads are named like that because McAdam invented them.xX_sp00ks_Xx, October 21, 2024, 09:05:49 am