The Civil engineer and architect's journal, scientific and railway gazette (1839)
London : [William Laxton] · leaf 346
of this is thefact in the case of Mr. Kankins pavement. Indeed, it speaks for itself;no argument is required to prove that the foot of a horse cannot slipover its surface. At the same time it offers no resistance to the un-interrupted progress of the wheel, and therefore a remedy against… … Here, then, us the licencees fairly remark, is a pavement, removingat once the great and liitherto insurmountable evil attending the useof wood, the insecurity of the horses foothold; and offering a facilityof removal equal to the present stone paving, and an evenness of sur-face, and combination…
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