| 单词 | macadam |
| 例句 | Plates of cracked macadam showing through the drifts of ash. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z But the humming and the smell followed him all the way back down the tunnel to the macadam road. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z Lights go off in a lonely house at the end of the macadam, and I’m on a dirt road. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z A tarry odor like hot macadam or turpentine, but with a woodsy edge. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z In rain any street not paved with macadam oozed a fragrant muck of horse manure, mud, and garbage that swelled between granite blocks like pus from a wound. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Late in the day they came to a place where the fire had crossed the road and the macadam was still warm and further on it began to soften underfoot. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They spent evenings riding together on the smooth macadam of Yale and Harvard streets, the picture of a happy young couple blessed with looks and money. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z She stayed on the macadam, where nothing lived. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z At the edge of the woods, where the grassy roadside banked above the macadam, they stopped to wait for an opening in the traffic. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z One mile behind him were macadam and the reassuring sounds of an automobile or two—one of which was Reverend Cooper’s car, driven by his thirteen-year-old nephew. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z With three incomes, the family might soon be able to afford a house of their own, perhaps on one of the wide macadam streets of Englewood. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z It landed in dirt beyond the centerfielder’s leap and rolled onto the parking lot, a white pureness against the black macadam. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z The snow was largely melted on the macadam and in the southfacing fields and woods. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z They backtracked and camped in the actual road and when they went on in the morning the macadam had cooled. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z A painted cattleguard, however, was just that: nothing more subtle or elaborate than a group of evenly spaced white stripes painted across a macadam road. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z I applied the gas, and the car went roaring up the embankment and back onto the macadam. Louisiana's Way Home 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z Frightful searched the macadam road for the girl and was over the abandoned field. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z The air was still, moist, and suffused with the burned-licorice scent of freshly rolled macadam. The Devil in the White City 2003-02-11T00:00:00Z Tho’ her tongue is soft, her heart’s macadam. Perspective | Gene Weingarten: An ode to my muse 2019-10-11T04:00:00Z At other times it runs on macadam roadways, as it does on Seventh Avenue South, where the tires of countless cars have nearly erased it. An Artist?s Alfresco John Hancock 2010-09-18T00:13:00Z The windowsills are spotted with blooms of color that suggest a well-used easel; the depictions of macadam streets and stuccoed houses outside are often so roughly textured as to be almost the real thing. Art Review: Rediscovered at the Altar of Art 2011-08-11T21:34:13Z Even in rainy weather heavy wagons could travel over the new “macadam” roads without sinking in mud. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z When the firefighters pulled up on Woodland Drive, the severed power lines were dancing in the street, showering it with sparks and melting the macadam. Perspective | A brave rescue in 1978 is still a part of District firefighting lore 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z When the scallops are abundant, gulls pluck them from shallows, drop them on the macadam from a height, and swoop down to eat the meat from the cracked shell. The Baymen’s Nightmare: All the Scallops Are Dead 2019-11-07T05:00:00Z Vahrenkamp says the road was also used as a testing ground for new materials such as macadam, asphalt and concrete. From autobahn anomaly to motorway marvel: Berlin's roadside grandstands 2018-12-20T05:00:00Z You may note that good intentions are the macadam on the road to hell. Before ‘conversation on race’ we need education on race 2015-03-27T04:00:00Z The route to Mosul is worse, drivers say, following oil pipelines, narrow macadam roads and military tracks along the overrun Syrian border, with nobody left but Islamic State warriors and smuggling crews. A highway through hell for the truckers who haul vital goods into Islamic State territory In all three cases we are offered what evidence of the truth cannot be avoided, and then it is quickly dispatched to oblivion by those laying down the macadam. Propaganda and nonsense: Even more New York Times hypocrisy 2014-03-06T17:28:00Z I imagined them buried beneath the macadam, entombed in their underground chambers like an insect Pompeii. Op-Ed Contributor: Mean Streets for Staten Island Mountain Mint 2012-08-15T01:23:16Z At the cynosure of those games in the 1990s, standing between the pipes of a goal dragged across the macadam in front of his Tanglewood Drive home was Jonathan Quick. Jonathan Quick, Los Angeles Kings’ Star Goalie, Has Connecticut Roots 2012-06-06T01:57:04Z The cycle tax has consequently been devoted, first, to the construction of paths on which cyclists have equal rights with pedestrians, and secondly to the replacing of the paving by macadam. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 8 "Cube" to "Daguerre, Louis" 2012-01-31T03:00:17.257Z The white macadam of the country ultimately gave place to the dark asphalt of the town. Down Under With the Prince 2012-01-29T03:00:07.103Z Around him would be, to his senses, an astonishing whirl and noise of traffic, despite the wood-paving that has superseded macadam, which itself displaced the granite setts he knew. The Brighton Road The Classic Highway to the South 2012-01-24T03:00:26.933Z The road to Launceston was an excellent one, a macadam built by convicts, and the scenery was the most beautiful I had seen in Australasia. My Life in Many States and in Foreign Lands Dictated in My Seventy-Fourth Year 2011-12-12T03:00:33.863Z Whatever the reason, here was a greasy strip of macadam doubling upon itself, with a herd of cattle ambling aimlessly along it. A Boy of the Dominion A Tale of Canadian Immigration 2011-12-05T03:00:47.097Z The first eight mile of that road is pretty good macadam and hard dirt. The Postmaster 2011-09-21T02:00:28.863Z Spring had turned the vacant lots into sticky red mud, but Central Avenue was hard if somewhat undulating macadam. Rough-Hewn 2011-09-20T02:00:15.147Z But she was courageous, and soon the two were gayly chattering, as Bob stumbled and stamped along the macadam road. Natalie: A Garden Scout 2011-09-18T02:00:30.203Z But I was vaguely conscious of shapes that moved and of a curious crushing noise like that of the steam-roller upon the fresh macadam of a roadway in the making. A Tatter of Scarlet Adventurous Episodes of the Commune in the Midi 1871 2011-08-04T02:00:19.957Z A few closed carriages rolled by on the macadam road, a few pedestrians sauntered listlessly along under the bare trees. The Squire's Daughter 2011-06-13T02:00:25.710Z Driving along its flawless red macadam streets in yellow sunshine beneath unrealistically blue skies, you start to wonder if you've strayed onto a back lot at a Hollywood studio. Amortality: Young or Old, Why It's No Longer Necessary to Act Your Age 2011-06-11T17:33:50Z I 'm greatly given to the highway, and I prefer macadam. The Siege of the Seven Suitors 2011-04-25T02:00:08.730Z He was asleep when the army lorry roared by and then stopped down the road, brakes screeching, rubber biting into macadam. The Five Arrows 2011-04-21T02:00:45.940Z “Sounds more like motors to me—Fords and automobiles a-playing over macadam,” grumbled the guard. Lonesome Town 2011-04-12T02:00:24.580Z Meanwhile the rain pours down on the roofs of the carriages, on the hard macadam, on the umbrellas of the pedestrians, who remorselessly push each other forward on the sidewalks. Boris Lensky 2011-03-07T03:00:10.233Z We need more common labourers on the rock-pile there preparing the macadam for the court of the regent's palace. Comrades A Story of Social Adventure in California 2011-03-03T03:00:52.327Z One hundred and twelve miles of State roads have been surfaced with broken stone and gravel macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z The pipes are buried under about six feet of concrete and macadam, not to mention layers of snow and ice. Investigation Begins in Neighborhood Where Blast Killed 5 2011-02-11T17:30:34Z Down to the time when macadam was at length applied, some twenty-eight years after Mr. Hale's operations, this approach to the town was notorious for its badness every spring and autumn. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z There was no need to use our snowshoes or to “break” trail, for we kept to the ice, and its covering of snow was packed smooth and hard as a macadam roadway. The Land of Frozen Suns 2011-01-23T03:00:15.307Z And the old gentleman relapsed into a silence broken only by the patter of the rain on the carriage windows and the clatter of the horses' hoofs on the macadam road. The House of Strange Secrets A Detective Story 2011-01-15T03:00:37.173Z All other rock was crushed and cost of crushing is included in the cost of the macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z A parallel macadam road to the right of the green, and the stone wall next to it, cost Tom Watson the '84 Open when he failed to get up and down after overclubbing his approach. Ron Whitten: Age vs. Beauty 2010-05-25T04:00:00Z Subterranean springs and quicksands hereabout rendered the primitive roadmaker's occupation no easy one; and previous to the application of macadam, the tramway, while it lasted, was a boon to the farmers after heavy rains. Toronto of Old 2011-02-10T03:00:45.907Z Precious marbles and porphyry mingle with the very macadam of the roads. The Ship Dwellers A Story of a Happy Cruise On either side of the road purple cabbages grew like a tufted carpet to the very edge of the macadam, without fences or hedges to protect them. Manslaughter The old road bed on this section was in excellent condition for base for pavement being old macadam about sixteen feet in width. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Outside, swinging his club and kicking his heel in the macadam, I found a fat policeman—from New York, I knew by his helmet. The Haunted Pajamas In fact a good earth road is second to none for summer travel and superior to many of the so-called macadam or stone roads. The Future of Road-making in America A quarter of a mile of macadam pavement built by the Spaniards the year before along the water-front had cost $180,000. The Career of Leonard Wood She saw that mass of bloodstained khaki and steel lying in the road and heard her own footsteps beating on the macadam. Manslaughter This work consisted of eleven miles of sixteen foot waterbound macadam, one and one-tenth miles of nine foot waterbound macadam and all necessary grading, drainage, etc. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Barres heard running feet on the macadam, the crash of shrubbery opposite. The Moonlit Way It is a simple task to break stone for macadam roadways, and by the aid of modern inventions it can be done cheaply and quickly. The Future of Road-making in America All through Germantown, and out to the north and westward there are beautiful roads of macadam that it is a pleasure to ride over. Harper's Round Table, July 30, 1895 He is always using 'square' instead of 'place,' 'le macadam' instead of 'le pavé,' 'un caoutchouc' when he means a waterproof overcoat. A Short History of French Literature The foundation on part of this section was very poor and 10,233 cubic yards of rubble base was used in order to make satisfactory foundation for macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Several of the slimy red things were wriggling their way over the macadam like great earthworms, but moving with the speed of hurrying pedestrians. Astounding Stories, August, 1931 Under most other circumstances experienced road builders prefer the macadam construction, not only because it is considered best, but also because it is much cheaper. The Future of Road-making in America Under this head fall such words as india rubber, oriental colors, street arab, pasteurize, macadam, axminster, gatling, paris green, plaster of paris, philippic, socratic, herculean, guillotine, utopia, bohemian, philistine, platonic. The Style Book of The Detroit News The road from Rye, thence around the north of Portchester, thence to bridge at Bryan River, sharp turn to right here, and thence to Greenwich, is a well-kept macadam. Harper's Round Table, May 14, 1895 While this increased the cost of the macadam, it was the only way in which a permanent foundation could be secured on this section. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z For the instant he forgot they were speeding at a forbidden rate down slippery macadam in a tempest, with his hand as the only controlling force. Leerie Hundreds of miles of macadam roads are built in the United States each year on unimproved or unstable foundations and almost as many miles go to pieces for this same reason. The Future of Road-making in America Most of the black roads are of asphalt pavement, but of course the Riverside Drive, West Seventy-second Street, and the long avenues above the Park, as well as those in the Park, are of macadam. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 Its streets, mostly named from eminent Kentuckians, are paved chiefly with asphalt, macadam and brick. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 6 "Coucy-le-Château" to "Crocodile" The work of the Highway Department on this section is described in the article on the Rainier-Goble macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z A macadam road of asphalt rock was then made, which gave very good results, and finally, in 1854, a portion of the Rue Bergère was laid in Paris of compressed asphalt on a concrete foundation. The Scrap Book, Volume 1, No. 3 May 1906 Macadam never intended that a heterogeneous conglomeration of stones and mud should be called a macadam road. The Future of Road-making in America It is not difficult, however, if taken slowly, since the macadam is good, and the hill a steady incline. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 For five miles they sped along over perfect roads, then suddenly a long stretch of new macadam loomed ahead. Jimmy Kirkland and the Plot for a Pennant Clark & Dibble successfully carried to completion the two and one-tenths miles of macadam west of Rainier. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z The rest is paved with granite blocks, chert and macadam. Atlanta A Twentieth-Century City In most cases good subdrains will so dry the foundation out that the macadam construction can be resorted to. The Future of Road-making in America At 154th Street, which is asphalted, he should turn east to St. Nicholas Avenue, which is better here than below, though the macadam is old. Harper's Round Table, April 30, 1895 "She was put together skew-geed an' one side of her was so out of geer that she couldn't run straight even on a macadam road." Five Little Starrs in the Canadian Forest It, however, has made an excellent macadam, and because of its lightness can be handled and placed cheaper than either rock or gravel. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z This is connected north of the city with a macadam pike to Buckhead, and south of the city with a chert road to College Park, six miles beyond the city limits. Atlanta A Twentieth-Century City Upon this pavement layers of broken stones are spread and treated in the same way as for a macadam road. The Future of Road-making in America The pond is filled up now with the macadam of a model farmyard. An Isle in the Water They finally struck a smooth macadam road upon which they travelled East at thirty-five miles an hour, the best, no doubt, the old car could do. The Deaves Affair A total of 18,300 cubic yards of cinder macadam was placed on this section and twelve and five-tenths miles of completed surface was secured. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z The reason for the macadam road is worth telling. Letters from China and Japan The commission desired to build the best possible road, and consequently ordered a very hard and tough trap rock from Salem, considered then to be the best macadam rock in the state. The Future of Road-making in America There was a heavy, jarring rumble over the macadam of the military road. Porto Rico Its History, Products and Possibilities... The crater of the bombs thrown by German aëroplanes, when striking macadam or similar surfaces, is about fifteen inches in diameter and four inches deep. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone The old road was scarified and re-dressed prior to laying the macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Attention has been directed to the rapid deterioration of water-bound macadam when subjected to passenger automobile traffic. American Rural Highways Urban traffic is such as exists on city streets which are not subjected to continuous heavy teaming, but which have to withstand very heavy wear, and need the hardest and toughest macadam rock. The Future of Road-making in America We may soon see the farmer's cry for good roads satisfied by good electric lines that will take his crops to market much more cheaply and quickly than horses and macadam ever did. Little Masterpieces of Science: Invention and Discovery The road which passed in front of the château was full of great holes twenty feet in circumference blown out of the solid macadam. The Note-Book of an Attaché Seven Months in the War Zone The grading is almost completed and gravel macadam is laid on two and twenty-four hundredths miles. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Maintenance.—Even under favorable conditions as regards kind and amount of traffic the macadam road requires constant maintenance. American Rural Highways Any good dry stone not liable to disintegrate can be used as metal for foundation for either telford or macadam construction. The Future of Road-making in America They were shoved violently forward and landed sprawling on the hard macadam road. Smugglers' Reef By good fortune we now hit upon the roadway, and it was to me a delight to hear the ring of the hard macadam under our squelching boots. Hurricane Island It is sixteen feet wide with a two-foot macadam shoulder on each side. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z A new course will not bond to the old surface unless the old macadam has been thoroughly broken up first. American Rural Highways In the same state macadam roads have been built, for $2,000 to $5,000 per mile, varying in width from nine to twenty feet and in thickness of material from four to twelve inches. The Future of Road-making in America The macadam highway unrolled before the bright head lamps at a steady rate while the beams illumined alternate patches of woods and small settlements. Smugglers' Reef All the other roads are covered with macadam made out of black whinstone that is as hard as iron. "The Red Watch" With the First Canadian Division in Flanders The full section has been macadamized, giving Wheeler County 4.2 miles of standard macadam road. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Oil asphalts are used for dust layers, for binders for macadam roads, for asphalt cements for sheet pavement surfaces, and for fillers for block pavements and expansion joints. American Rural Highways If the best macadam road be desired, that material should be selected which best meets the conditions of the particular road for which it is intended. The Future of Road-making in America A moment later his wheel was crunching over the blue gravel of the driveway and speeding down the macadam road. Paul and the Printing Press The tires were tearing at the macadam as Patch leaped into the road and, missing his footing, stumbled on to his nose twenty-five paces ahead. Anthony Lyveden Due to shortage of labor, poor shipments on macadam rock, and financial difficulties, the contractors were obliged to ask the State Highway Commission to take over the work. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z They are used as dust layers on earth, gravel and macadam surfaces. American Rural Highways City traffic is a traffic so great that no macadam road can withstand it, and is such as exists on the business streets of large cities. The Future of Road-making in America The pavements were of cinders from the Iron Works; a bed six inches thick and as hard as stone and with a surface like macadam. The Johnstown Horror!!! or, Valley of Death, being A Complete and Thrilling Account of the Awful Floods and Their Appalling Ruin The yellow country road merged into macadam, the macadam into asphalt. From the Car Behind A dry macadam six inches thick was laid over the five and seven-tenths miles. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z It is also expected that less difficulty will be encountered in maintaining a surface of bituminous material and stone chips on this type of road than on the water-bound macadam. American Rural Highways The felsites are usually very hard and brittle, and many have excellent binding power, some varieties being suitable for the heaviest macadam traffic. The Future of Road-making in America For my benefit it manœuvred back and forth over the street pavement and later on the smooth macadam of the highway, without any apparent difficulties of guiding. A History of the Nineteenth Century, Year by Year Volume Two (of Three) The car slammed violently off the macadam onto the sand road, skidded in a half-circle and righted itself with a writhing jerk. From the Car Behind Accordingly they graded and laid macadam for this distance thereby connecting Mayville up with the Wheeler County macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z The standard macadam surface where good earth foundation is to be had and where the loads do not exceed about four tons has for years been eight inches thick. American Rural Highways Many of them have a telford foundation, which is now put down at about the same price as macadam, and meets most of the conditions better than macadam. The Future of Road-making in America Therefore having rid himself thus early in his career of a stigma that threatened to blast his chance for success, the future stretched before him smooth as a macadam road. Christopher and the Clockmakers The hard, glittering macadam track that swept around the huge western factory of the Mercury Automobile Company and curved off behind a mass of autumn-gray woodland, was swarming with dingy, roaring, nakedly bare cars. From the Car Behind The road is to be graded and surfaced with gravel macadam. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z The earth work is often carried out in connection with the construction of the macadam surface, being completed just ahead of the surfacing. American Rural Highways Water and narrow tires aid each other in destroying streets, macadam, gravel, and earth roads. The Future of Road-making in America The patrol then moved S. W., until it struck the macadam pike which runs N. and S., through our lines. Manual of Military Training Second, Revised Edition "I want to look at the road," he said, leaping lightly over the wheel and turning his pocket flash light full on the dusty macadam. Rainbow Hill This macadam is sixteen feet in width, and extends from the California State Line to Siskiyou. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Characteristics.—The water-bound macadam is a dusty, somewhat rough surface of low durability for rubber tired vehicles. American Rural Highways The bonding of the township was voted upon, and it was necessary, in order to carry the bonding project of $40,000, to have all these roads constructed of stone macadam. The Future of Road-making in America Mr. Gable has been supervisor of the township for two years, during which time nine and one-half miles of macadam road have been built without materially increasing the taxes. The Young Farmer: Some Things He Should Know Anyone can scoop ruts in asphalt and macadam roads which turn soft in hot weather; passing trucks will accentuate the ruts to a point where substantial repair will be needed. Simple Sabotage Field Manual On this was a light surfacing of gravel and rock macadam about twelve feet in width. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z This type of foundation should be employed only where the soil is quite stable and where material costs are such as to insure that the macadam base is materially cheaper than one of concrete. American Rural Highways On the dry, sandy soils I put the macadam six inches deep; this depth was applied to about six miles of road. The Future of Road-making in America At a high rate of speed, however, the automobile does raise a fine sandy dust, and exposes the macadam. The Automobilist Abroad It was tramp, tramp, tramp on the hard macadam all the way. At Plattsburg The macadam road was of insufficient width for supporting a 16 foot pavement, which condition required widening of the grade, re-ditching and the placing of extra crushed rock for base. Third Biennial Report of the Oregon State Highway Commission Covering the Period December 1st, 1916 to November 30th, 1918 2011-02-23T03:00:35.127Z Old macadam roads are sometimes utilized for the foundation for the brick surface, but the instances where this is permissible are comparatively few in number. American Rural Highways After the macadam or telford foundation is well laid and compacted, the surface or wearing stone is put on. The Future of Road-making in America He feared that he might not be able to catch her, she walked so rapidly, the delicate silhouette of her shadow falling on the macadam of the road. Tartarin On The Alps At dips and turns of the road we saw the drab column winding before us; we passed through straggling Cadyville and came at last to the unwelcome macadam. At Plattsburg They gained the macadam of the lane that led out from the park gate into the country. Stubble The wearing course of the mixed macadam is composed of graded broken stone or gravel and a bituminous binder. American Rural Highways They were bowling along a good macadam road and down hill, so that Baron did not object to the extra strain put upon his legs. A harum-scarum schoolgirl Passed over some of the best and worst roads in the U.S. some limestone, and macadam and limestone. A Journey to America in 1834 While they were chasing them far from the line of march, we plodded safely 195 along the macadam, and pitched tents before the others. At Plattsburg Through an open gate they shot, he close behind, out upon a hard metallic roadway of macadam. Stubble Foundation.—The lower course, which serves as the foundation, is either broken stone macadam, gravel or concrete. American Rural Highways Jim saw a wide macadam road leading up through the pines. Still Jim The car raced along the road, crossed a macadam highway, went four blocks and pulled to a stop. The First One For forty-five minutes we jolted and squashed over bad roads, and finally bowled along over macadam. At Plattsburg The road by the gate was marked with hoof and wheel, but the macadam had not suffered very much, and already a roller was at work removing furrow and hoof-print. Lorraine A romance Where a foundation of broken stone is used, it is constructed of the materials and in the manner described for the foundation of the penetration macadam. American Rural Highways The teacher burst through the bushes and waved madly to a taxi rolling slowly along the macadam below the hill. A Little Miss Nobody Or, With the Girls of Pinewood Hall For an hour the car swept like a spirit over the miles of smooth macadam private roads Bivens had built. The Root of Evil Then we were beginning our march, cheerful though on macadam, and though we had learned that once more we must skirmish, and so spoil the new spotlessness of our rifles. At Plattsburg Slowly the heavy family carriage rolled along the smooth macadam and drew up, with others of its kind, near a shaded kiosk where a band was playing. A Tame Surrender, A Story of The Chicago Strike Quite often a badly worn macadam or gravel road is used for the foundation and a new wearing course provided by adding a mixed macadam surface. American Rural Highways I gets up on my toes at that, and I hadn't no more'n climbed aboard before the machine was tearin' up the macadam again. Shorty McCabe Well, walking over sand is not like walking on macadam," said Garnett practically, "and I don't suppose you could do the job under an hour or two. Afterwards Up the driveway of one of these he turned, his horse's hoof-beats dropping clear and sharp on the hard macadam. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches This seemed to be the best thing to do, and the two girls started from the Point toward the macadam highway. Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation If the road has been brought to a satisfactory grade some time prior to placing the macadam, the road bed for the broken stone will be prepared as needed for placing the stone. American Rural Highways The store windows on either side of the street cast brilliant reflections far across the macadam. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life He has collected his particular chum, Norris Bagby, and I expect they're out to burn up the macadam before the traffic cops go on duty. Torchy As A Pa The hard, dry macadam road, washed clean by a recent rainfall, showed no trace of his light, infantile footprints. Jersey Street and Jersey Lane Urban and Suburban Sketches Might have been all right on smooth macadam, but on this country road he had her jumpin' around on that short wheel-base like a jackrabbit with the itch. Torchy and Vee Preferably heavy fills should have a year to settle before the macadam surface is placed. American Rural Highways They left the park gravel path, now flanked on either side by leafless shrubbery, and struck out over the hard macadam of the road. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life The Roman causeway ran into the macadam high road from Harthborough to Timsdale-Horton almost on the level, with still a slight fall towards Harthborough, the smoke of whose chimneys was already visible. Ambrotox and Limping Dick Well, they were very close, but owing to Tish leaving the macadam at this point, they lost time at a crossroads. More Tish It was the quick, nervous beat of hoofs which rang sharply on the hard macadam. Horses Nine Stories of Harness and Saddle When an old macadam is to be used it is reshaped to the proper cross section and re-rolled and bonded so as to afford a stable foundation of the proper cross slope. American Rural Highways A friend called an enthusiastic invitation to play tops on the smooth street macadam. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life It is a delightful, leisurely little lane, a byway into another order from the modernized macadam Post Road where the motors whiz. Modern American Prose Selections The road was a state road and of macadam, and did not show footprints. Tom Slade's Double Dare It was while crossing one of these roads, on a hard macadam highway, that the girls and boys saw, stuck in the mud of the poorer path, a peddler's wagon. The Outdoor Girls in a Motor Car The Haunted Mansion of Shadow Valley The surface of the macadam must therefore be thoroughly cleaned before the bituminous material is applied. American Rural Highways "Jiminy!" he exclaimed as he looked down upon the bright, reassuring play of light and shadow on the lawn and macadam below. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life He read on, indifferent to his surroundings, till the car left the asphalt streets and illuminated shop-fronts for a grey intermediate region of mud and macadam. The Fruit of the Tree Walls, gateposts, and paving-stones have accounted for many, while in the interest of the road-mender many a noble Grey Wether has been led to slaughter to provide macadam for the roads. Stonehenge Today and Yesterday The name macadam is often used now to denote the material used in making roads. Stories That Words Tell Us In finishing the water-bound macadam surface, the spaces between the stones are filled with screening and in addition a layer about one-fourth inch thick is left on the surface. American Rural Highways Every spare wheel and tricycle frame in the block had been requisitioned for the construction of a half-dozen little vehicles which suddenly appeared to scud down the sidewalks and over the smooth macadam street. A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life It was one smooth glaze over the macadam. The Butterfly House He jumped into his carriage, and the swift tap of the horse's feet died away on the macadam. The Debtor A Novel We were agreeably surprised to find that the car did not skid on the wet macadam road and that despite the rain we could run very comfortably and quite as fast as in fair weather. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland The lower course of broken stone is finished in the same manner as water-bound macadam, being bonded with stone screenings or with fine gravel of high clay content. American Rural Highways North of the canal the roads were fair macadam in dry weather and to the south the main road Béthune-Beuvry-Annequin was of the finest pavé. Adventures of a Despatch Rider Few of the streets were paved, and there were but two classes of pavements, macadam and cobblestones. Fifth Avenue The first half-mile was over a well-kept macadam road through that part of the village which lies west of the railway. The Fat of the Land The Story of an American Farm After picking our way carefully until free from the slippery streets in Leeds, we found the fine macadam road little affected by the deluge. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland The surface of the macadam is next covered with a layer of chips of tough rock, similar to the material used for the final dressing in surface treatments. American Rural Highways It is a good macadam road, made, doubtless by perfidious Albion's money, just before the war. Adventures of a Despatch Rider A weak fence only separates its lip from the macadam. Noughts and Crosses Stories, Studies and Sketches The soil makes a natural macadam, which dries in a few hours. Scientific American Supplement, No. 829, November 21, 1891 The clean macadam in Shrewsbury made it possible to drive our car without chains, though it rained incessantly, but soPg 62 steep and winding are some of the streets that the greatest caution was necessary. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Characteristics.—The penetration macadam is a surface well adapted to motor traffic if the individual vehicles are not too heavy. American Rural Highways He did not know it, but this same road was a "short cut" to the macadam pike farther south. The Daughter of Anderson Crow For many miles the road was of macadam, and they bowled along at a rate which consumed the distance swiftly, though not too fast for Mr. Kendrick's comfort. The Twenty-Fourth of June But there was only the sunshine on the macadam road and the shadows of the lattice and the trees. The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 We could not see ten yards ahead of us and the water poured down the hills in torrents, yet our car ran smoothly on, the fine macadam road being little affected by the deluge. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland Portland cement concrete is sometimes used as a foundation for the mixed macadam, but not often. American Rural Highways Here the boulevards, smeared with asphaltum or bedded with crunched macadam, attain smoothness without life: you travel on scum. Lippincott's Magazine of Popular Literature and Science Volume 12, No. 29, August, 1873 The splendid kunkah is now gradually giving place to ordinary macadam, which is far less desirable, the heavy, pelting rain washing away the clay and leaving the surface rough. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama The worst roads for walking are such as are commonly called the best; that is, macadam. Walking-Stick Papers Rubber tires do not slip on good macadam roads and during our tour it was necessary to use chains on the wheels only a few times. British Highways And Byways From A Motor Car Being A Record Of A Five Thousand Mile Tour In England, Wales And Scotland It is necessary to finish the surface of the concrete base with some device that will leave the surface rough to prevent the macadam from creeping. American Rural Highways And one day when the news was brought that the town was going to put the first strip of real macadam road by the schoolhouse, a deafening shout went up. The Library of Work and Play: Gardening and Farming. From this point the road becomes undulating, and of indifferent surface; the macadam is badly washed by the soaking monsoon rains, and the low, level country is gradually merging into the jungle-covered hills of Bengal. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama A macadam pavement is a piece of masonry, wholly without elasticity, built for vehicles to roll over. Walking-Stick Papers She asked for the light, and discovered to her horror that she was standing in the midst of the remnants of a man who had been spattered over the hard macadam of the turnpike. In the Clutch of the War-God It is expected that the binder will coat the stones to such an extent as to increase materially the stability of the bituminous macadam over the surface treated one. American Rural Highways Before many weeks had passed the newly cut road lay smooth as a floor in macadam. The Lady of Big Shanty During the afternoon the narrow kuruma road merges into a broad, newly made macadam, as fine a piece of road as I have seen the whole world round. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama Two lamps like lighthouses glared fiercely along the roadway, dulling the municipal gas and giving to each loose stone on the macadam a long shadow. The Price of Love It must have been the horse that got the bullet, for with the third shot mount and rider somersaulted upon the macadam. In the Clutch of the War-God The maintenance of the macadam road is carried out in much the same manner as that of the gravel road. American Rural Highways He was not long in reaching the camp, though it was getting dark when he started, the straight road of macadam showing white among the gloom of the trees. The Lady of Big Shanty Once beyond this, and the road develops into several parallel trails of smooth, hard gravel, that afford as good, or better, wheeling than the finest macadam. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume II From Teheran To Yokohama With a sigh of relief Dunshie stepped out upon the good hard macadam, and proceeded with the merest show of stealth up the gentle gradient. The First Hundred Thousand No, they must have macadam and smooth, long curves, easy grades and—where the road swung high above the gleaming river—retaining walls to guard them from plunging into the palisaded abyss below. The Air Trust Sometimes asphaltic concrete is used for resurfacing water-bound macadam or gravel roads when the traffic has increased to the point where the cost of maintenance of the water-bound macadam has become excessive. American Rural Highways They turned through a pillared gateway, Renaissance style, passed a gardener's lodge, with hothouses flashing in the reclining sun, and fled noiselessly along the macadam road that twined through a formal grove. Murder in Any Degree However "stunning" they look on asphalt and macadam with their low, rakish bodies, resplendent in red and polished brass, on country roads they are very frequently failures. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Now behold water-spouts vomiting as they rush over the pavements, and rubbish marinates in puddles that fill the holes scooped out of the macadam. Against the Grain Across the river is English Burma, with eyes turned forward, ever watchful of the welfare of her people, her iron bridges and macadam roads representing the very essence of modern thought and progress. Camps and Trails in China A Narrative of Exploration, Adventure, and Sport in Little-Known China These materials are used for carpeting mediums on macadam roads and as cementing agents in the construction of hot-mixed macadam. American Rural Highways "That new macadam will be pretty well smoothed down by now," I objected. The Mystery of 31 New Inn The machine was geared rather high for any but favorable conditions, and could make thirty-five miles an hour on level macadam, and race down grade at an even higher rate. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Patience and good humor were very rapidly disappearing when we rounded a curve, struck the good macadam, and I saw the twin spires of St. Jean rising majestically against the clear blue summer sky. My Home in the Field of Honor On a ten-mile piece of new macadam he gave me all the gas I craved. O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920 Asphalt cements are used for sheet asphalt and asphaltic concrete construction and for hot-mixed bituminous macadam. American Rural Highways The Pisgah National Forest of North Carolina is becoming a centre for automobile travel as it contains a fine macadam road. The School Book of Forestry One good thing about the automobile, it does not cut up the surface of a macadam or gravel road as do steel tires and horseshoes. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" The latter's wife, in a sudden huff, deliberately left them, crossing the macadam driveway in plain view of the stranger. The Man from Brodney's The hard macadam road was no more than dampened, and ambulances and motor-trucks went scooting by as on a city street. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them This is especially true now that the water-bound macadam surface has been largely superseded for trunk line highways and other heavily traveled roads, and is employed in locations where service conditions are not severe. American Rural Highways Its macadam became gravel, then dirt—moreover, it narrowed and developed a border of maple trees, through which filtered the weltering sun, making its endless experiments with shadow designs upon the long grass. The Beautiful and Damned The ride into Worcester was a fast one over good gravel and macadam. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" Mabel, turning a sudden corner, had given them a quick transition from the rattle and jar of granite to the gentle palpitation that is possible on well-packed macadam. With the Procession We passed great holes freshly made, neatly blown out of the macadam, then a dead horse. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them The stone employed for the water-bound macadam surface must possess good cementing properties, because the surface depends for stability primarily upon the bonding action of the dust from the broken stone. American Rural Highways Giant elms shade the wide veranda, while others droop over the white macadam drive that swings steeply down to the bridge and vanishes in a grove of oak, hickory, and birch. The Short Line War The road is a fine wide macadam, somewhat rolling as South Bend is approached. Two Thousand Miles on an Automobile Being a Desultory Narrative of a Trip Through New England, New York, Canada, and the West, By "Chauffeur" On and on the neat, strong hoofs rang their metallic click, clack along the smooth macadam. In and out of Three Normady Inns Men and horses had been pouring down that road for weeks—on each side of the macadam highway the level, unfenced fields were trampled flat. Antwerp to Gallipoli A Year of the War on Many Fronts—and Behind Them Granite and sandstone are seldom used for water-bound macadam as they possess poor cementing properties and a binder of some kind must be added to cement the pieces together. American Rural Highways To-day the gray of the dripping sky and the sullen river and the pasty macadam road seemed to have got into her thoughts and to pervade everything. The Short Line War There is a flag station on the D. & L. railroad one and a quarter miles from the farm gate on the macadam road. Business Correspondence They had opened their wide blue and purple umbrellas; these latter made huge disks of color reflected in the glass of the wet macadam. In and out of Three Normady Inns The horse clacked swiftly upon the macadam, the wheels hummed, the body of the vehicle wheezed and groaned. Men, Women, and Boats Some other materials are occasionally employed for the construction of macadam surfaces. American Rural Highways The path from Sharm Yáhárr crosses the hard sands of the maritime plain, metalled with the natural macadam of the Desert. The Land of Midian — Volume 1 LOCATION.—This farm is on the macadam road between Frederick and Whittsville, three miles from Frederick. Business Correspondence Good electric cars speed across amazingly fertile bottom lands crisscrossed by macadam highways to Xochimilco. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond It was hard and smooth macadam of course, that highway, but it couldn't be that—what was it they called it?—vibrations?—would reach so far! The City of Fire Earth Work.—A thoroughly drained and stable earth foundation is essential to success with the macadam type of surface. American Rural Highways Bennington had always considered girls as weak creatures, incapable of swift motion, and needing assistance whenever the country departed from the artificial level of macadam. The Claim Jumpers When the intuition of man points out the way the reason of man can follow the path and macadam the road. Ancient and Modern Physics Its streets are well paved with macadam, and it even possesses garbage wagons. Tramping Through Mexico, Guatemala and Honduras — Being the Random Notes of an Incurable Vagabond Upon this is a layer of smaller stones, and then still smaller, until the surfacing is reached, which is macadam of pounded slate, mixed with gravel and stone. Norwegian Life Rolling.—A three-wheeled or "macadam" type of roller, of the self-propelled type, is best for compacting the broken stone road. American Rural Highways She gave the order and the car sped swiftly over the macadam road. Drusilla with a Million Ears were deafened by the confused tramp of feet on the macadam road. Three Soldiers A blood mare tore sparks out of the macadam, and a dusty military road began to ribbon out between the wheels. King of the Khyber Rifles At last, coming to a footpath diverging from the macadam, they stopped and parleyed. The Hollow of Her Hand Broken stone macadam is sometimes utilized for the foundation course of the brick pavement and such foundations are constructed as water-bound, which is described in a previous chapter. American Rural Highways The old trail is over there on the other bank as plain as day, covered with grass but beaten down till it's like a macadam road. Quill's Window Samuel meantime was walking down the broad macadam avenue debating his problem. Samuel the Seeker Further conversation was interrupted by the irregular clatter of horses' hoofs on the macadam. Green Fancy I took the hint, and only talked to him about the damage done by cockchafers, and the difficulty of getting hard enough stone for the macadam roads, thenceforward. Memoirs (Vieux Souvenirs) of the Prince de Joinville The macadam is placed in a single layer and is rolled and bonded with screenings as described in the chapter dealing with water-bound macadam. American Rural Highways Here the Germans had built a broad macadam road after the best European type but over it were passing the vehicles of forty centuries seen in Figs. Farmers of Forty Centuries; Or, Permanent Agriculture in China, Korea, and Japan There was no time to discuss the last few paragraphs, for Hal Crane was now seen flying along the macadam road. The Girl Scout Pioneers or Winning the First B. C. Asphalt pavement now takes the place of macadam, and but a short distance inside the city limits I notice the 'cycle depot of Renard Ferres. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Painfully and slowly, we managed to trail Long Sin's footprints, until we came to a road where they were lost in the hard macadam. The Romance of Elaine Sequel to "Exploits of Elaine" Six inches is a common thickness for the macadam base. American Rural Highways I stumbled sleepily down into Panama and for some distance along Avenida Central before I was able to hail an all night hawk chasing a worn little wreck of a horse along the macadam. Zone Policeman 88; a close range study of the Panama canal and its workers In the ironwork were two-foot-scrapers, relics of a time long before macadam or wood paving. Mademoiselle of Monte Carlo For some few miles a rough macadam road affords a somewhat choppy but nevertheless ridable surface, and further inland it develops into a fairly good roadway, where a dismount is unnecessary for several miles. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran Only the flattest literalism was intelligible to her; she could follow nothing but the very macadam of conversation—had no palate for anything but the suet-pudding of talk.' The Odd Women This would usually be in locations where the cost of cement is high because of long hauls and where suitable macadam materials may be obtained close at hand. American Rural Highways The highway leading to Albany was a hard, macadam one, and he fairly flew along the level stretches. Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road Then this Crewe gave me a long yellow cigar with a band on it and told me what the State needed,—macadam roads, farmers' institutes, forests, and God knows what. Mr. Crewe's Career — Complete My route to-day is a continuation of the abandoned macadam road, the weed-covered stones of which I have frequently found acceptable in tiding me over places where the ordinary dirt road was deep with mud. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran At last, after many vicissitudes and narrow escapes, we reached a fine macadam road and breathed more easily and enjoyed the scenery a bit better. See America First The broken stone road surface, or macadam road as it is usually termed, consists of a layer of broken stone, bonded or cemented together by means of stone dust and water. American Rural Highways His right haunch lifted—fell—lifted—fell, in irritating rhythm as his bulky feet clumped heavily on the macadam. Missy It lay far from macadam roads and automobile thoroughfares and its sandy shores were bordered with verdure-clad hills shutting it in like the sides of a bowl. The Rise of Roscoe Paine The wave-like macadam abruptly terminates, and I find myself on a common dirt road. Around the World on a Bicycle - Volume 1 From San Francisco to Teheran This superb stretch of macadam road traverses a bit of mountain country hitherto untraveled, save by chance pedestrians or wandering Indians. See America First There was a drabble of dead leaves on the sidewalk which was of wood, and on the roadway which was of macadam and stiff mud. Stories of a Western Town The children in the street scattered as the horse's pounding feet on the macadam warned them of his approach. Janice Day the Young Homemaker There had been a small landslide from an open cut on one side and a mass of gravel and small boulders lay scattered on the smooth macadam. The Friendly Road: New Adventures in Contentment It was not cemented, but its hard clay floor was almost as solid as macadam. The Confession Regaining a macadam surface, he set oil at random, causing considerable annoyance to the motoring public. Where the Blue Begins At last, with a feeling of relief, the travellers caught sight of macadam ahead, which promised an end both to the cobblestones and to sundry other annoyances. Dead Souls |
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