That afternoon Professor Macadam and his daughter had an interview.
As already indicated, Professor Morgan's standing as an astronomer was undisputed, and Professor Macadam did not question the accuracy of his reasoning, so far as mere computations went.
Professor Macadam fumed, and flatly declined to consider the subject of such an alliance.
Professor Macadam reviewed it, and sought to tear it, figuratively, limb from limb!
College professors generally are not much addicted to either the accumulation or the love of money, but Professor Macadam was rather an exception to the rule.
It was to one of Professor Morgan's past eclipses that Professor Macadam objected.
Had Professor Macadam never owned a daughter, or had the one appertaining to him been plain instead of charming, young Professor Morgan would never have broken a metaphorical lance with the crusty senior educator.
Indeed, it seemed at length that Professor Macadam had forgotten all about the affair, or if he remembered it at all, did so only as of an exhibition of foolishness which his own force and wisdom had checked forever.
Professor Macadam came to the charge once more, briefly but savagely.
But Professor Macadam did not hesitate to make a charge.
However "stunning" they look on asphalt and macadam with their low, rakish bodies, resplendent in red and polished brass, on country roads they are very frequently failures.
One good thing about the automobile, it does not cut up the surface of a macadam or gravel road as do steel tires and horseshoes.
The white macadam of the country ultimately gave place to the dark asphalt of the town.
Macadam ain't so bad, but if you step off it you're liable to go under for the third time.
On the trip both Captain Macadam and the chief mate died of the fever.
They alighted at an old red railroad station, were seized upon by a hackman in a coonskin coat, and thrust into a carriage that threatened to fall to pieces on the frozen macadam road.
Before its advent, the Goodriches and Gores, the Warings, the Prestons and the Atterburys lived leisurely lives in a sleepy quarter of shade trees and spacious yards and muddy macadam streets, now passed away forever.
He was not long in reaching the camp, though it was getting dark when he started, the straight road of macadam showing white among the gloom of the trees.
They gained the macadam of the lane that led out from the park gate into the country.
A fine macadam roadway, over which are run diligences to Damascus, eighty miles away, but now it is blocked by heavy snow in the mountains, and consequently two hundred travellers are detained in Beyrout.
At last, with a feeling of relief, the travellers caught sight of macadam ahead, which promised an end both to the cobblestones and to sundry other annoyances.
It seems that the Christian Macadam mentioned above was afterwards Lady Cardoness; and because of her connection with this correspondent of Rutherford's, we may give the inscription on her tomb.
This superb stretch of macadam road traverses a bit of mountain country hitherto untraveled, save by chance pedestrians or wandering Indians.
At last, after many vicissitudes and narrow escapes, we reached a fine macadam road and breathed more easily and enjoyed the scenery a bit better.
The road by the gate was marked with hoof and wheel, but the macadam had not suffered very much, and already a roller was at work removing furrow and hoof-print.
This seemed to be the best thing to do, and the two girls started from the Point toward the macadam highway.
The material for making the road was at hand, for the most part, and by the end of the summer there was a broad oiled macadam road, grade carefully proportioned to grade, leading to the canyon's brim.
Jim saw a wide macadam road leading up through the pines.
All through Germantown, and out to the north and westward there are beautiful roads of macadam that it is a pleasure to ride over.
Names are given in the case ofmacadam or asphalt streets, and you have only to watch for those names on the signs to find any place in the city and to keep the situation before your eyes.
In going from Taunton to Bath I suffered between ten thousand and twelve thousand severe contusions before stone-breaking MacAdam was born.
MacAdam originally proposed that the small upper coat of stones should be laid on in a corduroy fashion across the road, but this was abandoned for an uniform covering, as more speedily applied, and more effective.
The other branch extends to the grass-grown town of San Cristobal, where the macadamroad from Santo Domingo ends.
On one occasion Macadam was on the outside of a coach, traveling on one of his own roads, when the horses stopped, halfway up a hill.
Macadam quietly got off the coach, went to the horses' heads, and loosed the four bearing-reins.
Macadam was taunted with the failure of his system, for there were those who disbelieved in his plan, or were jealous of the reward granted to him by the Government.
From this point the road becomes undulating, and of indifferent surface; the macadam is badly washed by the soaking monsoon rains, and the low, level country is gradually merging into the jungle-covered hills of Bengal.
In water-bound macadam the stones are held in place by a weak cement composed of stone dust and water, and this cement is not sufficiently strong to hold the stones in place when they are subjected to the shear of automobile tires.
The maintenance of the macadamroad is carried out in much the same manner as that of the gravel road.
Surface Treatments Attention has been directed to the rapid deterioration of water-bound macadam when subjected to passenger automobile traffic.
The surface of the macadam must therefore be thoroughly cleaned before the bituminous material is applied.
The base course is constructed in the same manner as water-bound macadam and any material satisfactory for the base course of macadam will serve for the base course of mixed macadam.
The standard macadam surface where good earth foundation is to be had and where the loads do not exceed about four tons has for years been eight inches thick.
The tar thus obtained is manufactured into products that are used for dust layers on gravel or macadam roads, binders for macadam and gravel surfaces, fillers for brick, wood block and stone block pavements and for expansion joints.
It is necessary to finish the surface of the concrete base with some device that will leave the surface rough to prevent the macadam from creeping.
The thickness of the layer of macadam required for a road will depend upon the same factors that were considered in connection with the thickness of the gravel surface, i.
Sometimes asphaltic concrete is used for resurfacing water-bound macadam or gravel roads when the traffic has increased to the point where the cost of maintenance of the water-bound macadam has become excessive.
When the surface begins to ravel seriously, maintenance becomes much more difficult and in order to prevent raveling and the difficulties of maintenance thereafter, the macadam surface is often coated with a bituminous material.
At 154th Street, which is asphalted, he should turn east to St. Nicholas Avenue, which is better here than below, though the macadam is old.
It is not difficult, however, if taken slowly, since the macadam is good, and the hill a steady incline.
