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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - 'Remarks on the Present System of Road Making' by John Loudon McAdam offers a fascinating glimpse into 19th-century civil engineering and the revolutionary road construction techniques pioneered by McAdam himself. This historical text details the principles and practices behind macadam roads, the innovative method that transformed transportation infrastructure.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Remarks on the Present System of Road Making | John Loudon McAdam | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Antigonos Verlag | EAN 9783566044435 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

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Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Remarks on the Present System of Road Making; With Observations, Deduced From Practice and Experience | in large print | John Loudon McAdam | Taschenbuch | Englisch | 2025 | Antigonos Verlag | EAN 9783388077703 | Verantwortliche Person für die EU: preigu GmbH & Co. KG, Lengericher Landstr. 19, 49078 Osnabrück, mail[at]preigu[dot]de | Anbieter: preigu.

Zustand: Very Good. Seventh edition. Hardback. 1823. Octavi. vii, 236pp. Rebound in grey paper-covered boards with black and white spine label, very good indeed. In excellent condition.

vii, 236pp 24x15, boards, quarter bound with blue cloth spine, no text. Some foxing throughout, page edges rather roughly cut, some rubbing and edge wear to boards, title label previously glued to spine is missing, new endpapers. McAdam's revolutionary road construction technique, as outlined here, was originally published in evidence to a Parliamentary Enquiry in 1810. The first printing of this work was as a pamphlet in 1816 (and is extremely rare), and by 1827 had run to nine editions and had expanded considerably.Loosely inserted is a cutting from the Swindon Advertiser of 1956, marking the 200th anniversary of McAdam's birth and advocating the ripping up of Britain's railways to be replaced by new wider roads. That the local newspaper in the town more or less built by the Great Western Railway has taking such a line was a very clear sign of the times - Brunel was probably turning in his grave!

Hardback. Zustand: Good Only. Not Stated (illustrator). The fifth edition of John Loudon McAdam's influential guide to road construction, in which he presents his method of laying crushed stone or gravel in layers, which are then compacted by traffic. The fifth edition of this work, which went through several editions due to its significant impact on British infrastructure.McAdam criticised the poor condition of roads in Britain, attributing it to mismanagement and the use of unsuitable materials. Drawing on his experience as a surveyor and road trustee, he argued for a different construction of road surfaces.With eight pages of advertisements to the start of the work, dated November 1821.Former owner's inscription to front board and front pastedown, with stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Trust to front and rear pastedown.McAdam"s method, which came to be known as "macadamisation" or "tarmac" and revolutionised road construction and was eventually adopted across Britain and beyond. In the original paper covered boards. Front board detached but present. Inscription to front board head. Back strip age toned, as are board perimeters, with significant handling marks to boards. Loss to back strip head. Stamps to front and rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. Pages clean and bright, with light spotting to title page. Good Only. book.

Hard Cover. Zustand: Good. No Jacket. Third Edition. Hardback, no dust-wrapper. 196pp. Previous owners' names on title page. One name crossed out. Spine a frayed. Extremitites worn. Some foxing to contents. [BS26].

Grey hardback boards. Zustand: Good. 8th Edition. G : in Good condition. Cover rubbed. Eps foxed. 240mm x 150mm (9" x 6"). vii, vii, 236pp.

First edition. Pp. 32. 8vo., bound in recent blue wrappers. Some browning to first and last pages, otherwise very good. McAdam's system relied on layers of carefully graded stone laid on a well-drained base; the topmost layer of stones were to be broken by workers with hammers into rough pieces weighing no more than 6 oz and that would fit into the mouth. His techniques were simple, effective and economical and his process became of global importance and endured. He revolutionised the process of road building: 'By the early nineteenth century the fact that the methods of road construction were haphazarad, and the surveyors largely untrained and of low esteem, was causing official as well as private concern. Sir John Sinclair, chairman of the board of agriculture, supported a series of parliamentary committees which reported regularly from 1806. Evidence was invited and in 1810 Sri John received an impressive memorandum from McAdam which was edited and published as an appendix to a report of the following yearâ¦Extracts were included in McAdam's first book, 'Remarks on the present system of road making', which was so influential that it had reached nine editions by 1827' (DNB). This first edition is exceedingly rare. There are no other copies on the market and the last copy to appear in auction was in 1998 in the Norman sale.

Seventh Edition. 237 x 145. (9 3/8 x 5 3/4"). 3 p.l., vii, [1], viii, [1], 6-236 pp. Publisher's blue paper boards and brown paper backstrip, original printed paper label, EDGES UNTRIMMED AND MOSTLY UNOPENED. A Large Paper Copy. Just the faintest evidence of foxing at very beginning and very end, corners with slight wear (as always), superficial chafing to covers, but AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY, the binding remarkably clean and with no significant signs of use, and the wide-margined text unusually fresh and nearly as white as snow. In its original boards, untrimmed, and partly unopened, this is a wonderful contemporary copy of an important later edition of the magnum opus of a man whose name came to be synonymous with road improvement. DNB tells us that Scottish-born John Loudon McAdam (1756-1836) was "the first systematic builder and administrator of roads in Britain since Roman times," and his impact was so great that his name lives on to the present day in connection with paved surfaces. The use of "macadam" or "macadamized" to mean a good road surface began in the 1820s, and continued through the invention of the automobile, when dusty roads began to be improved with tar. At first, "tar" was combined with "macadam," producing the term "tarmacadam" when referring to these improved roads; eventually, this became shortened to "tarmac," which still is broadly understood to refer to road surfaces (and more specifically to airport runways). Our author first published "Remarks on the Present System of Road Making" in 1816 to deliver his suggestions for an improved paving method, following his extensive survey of the roads of Britain. His system--in which roads were built with a cambered surface for drainage, using layers of consistent sizes of stones and gravel--soon caught on both within Britain and abroad. The present seventh edition features a variety of new material, much of which deals with McAdam's efforts to encourage legislation for improving roads; this includes a new preface and advertisement, as well as the "Minutes of Evidence" given by witnesses regarding turnpike improvement from March to May 1819 and the report of the Select Committee of the House of Commons on McAdam's system from June, 1823. As evidenced by its appearance in multiple printings, McAdam's "Remarks" was a widely used book, but our remarkably well-preserved copy in its publisher's boards--obviously and decidedly--was not.