The Municipal and Sanitary Engineer's Handbook
CHAPTER X.
COMPRESSED ASPHALTE ROADWAYS.
Description of asphalte -- Mr. Deland’s test -- Percentage of bitumen necessary -- Method of construction of compressed asphalte roadway -- Advantages of this description of pavement -- Objections to it on account of slipperiness -- Gradient -- Cost of asphalte pavement -- Tables on the subject -- Specifications for a compressed asphalte roadway -- Other descriptions of asphalte roadways -- Hints on the success or the reverse of asphalte roadways 96