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Definition of Pavements
1. pavement [n] - See also: pavement
Lexicographical Neighbors of Pavements
Literary usage of Pavements
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings by American Society of Civil Engineers (1907)
"pavements. An Informal Discussion at the Annual Convention, July 10th, 1907.* SUBJECT
FOR DISCUSSION: "Will the paving materials of the present be used in ..."
2. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1916)
"Survey 35:553-6 F 5 '16 Kec also Poor pavements Adaptability of road paving
materials to ... Am City 14:192 F '16 How to improve slippery pavements. ..."
3. The Engineering Index Annual for by American Society of Mechanical Engineers (1919)
"pavements ROADS AND pavements Details of Construction of Stone Block pavements
... Some Hints on the Construction and Maintenance of Asphalt pavements. ..."
4. The Natural History of Pliny by Pliny, John Bostock, Henry Thomas Riley (1857)
"In making these pavements, the proper plan is to begin with two layers of boards,
running different ways, and nailed at the extremities, to prevent them ..."
5. Annual Report by Ontario Dept. of Highways, Ontario Dept. of Agriculture and Food, Ontario Dept. of Public Works (1899)
"THE INFLUENCE OF pavements ON PUBLIC HEALTH.* In presenting to this association
a paper on the sanitary aspect of pavements, I have been actuated by a ..."
6. Elements of Highway Engineering by Arthur Horace Blanchard (1915)
"CHAPTER XII BITUMINOUS CONCRETE pavements "Bituminous concrete pavements are
those having a wearing surface composed of stone, gravel, sand, shell, or slag, ..."