Earthwork Slips and Subsidences upon Public Works Their Causes, Prevention, and Reparation
CHAPTER VI.
SLOPES, GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS—TABLE SHOWING THE GENERAL RANGE OF SLOPES—TABLE OF COEFFICIENTS OF FRICTION—NOTES ON THE COHESION OF EARTH—FORM OF A SLOPE—SOME CONDITIONS GOVERNING THE NECESSARY INCLINATION—WIDENING EARTHWORKS WITHIN THE ORIGINAL FENCES 98–114