Well-surfaced roads are essential to a growing industrial nation and, as roadmaking in Britain improved from the late eighteenth century, heavy rollers hauled by men or horses were used to compact the surface. Steam power was first used to propel road rollers in the 1860s and thereafter there was rapid development, in parallel with that of the traction engine. This book outlines the development of steam rollers, with some technical details, and illustrates the different types.
| ISBN: | 9780747801535 |
| Publication date: | 30th April 1992 |
| Author: | Derek Rayner |
| Publisher: | Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Pagination: | 32 pages |
| Series: | Shire Library |
| Genres: |
History |
Well-surfaced roads are essential to a growing industrial nation and, as roadmaking in Britain improved from the late eighteenth century, heavy rollers hauled by men or horses were used to compact the surface. Steam power was first used to propel road rollers in the 1860s and thereafter there was rapid development, in parallel with that of the traction engine.
Road Rollers features in the following genres: History
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Road Rollers was written by Derek Rayner and published by Shire Publications an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing
Road Rollers has 32 pages
Yes it is part of Shire Library series
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