[Illustration de La navigation du Capitaine Martin Forbischer... régions de West et de Nord-West en l'année 1577] / [Non identifié] ; Martin Forbischer, aut. du texte

Comprend : [Planche dépliante à la fin du livre]. Le portraict des trois sauvages admenez en Angleterre, leurs habits, armes, tentes et bateaux. [Représentation des moeurs et coutumes, costumes traditionnels des habitants du Grand Nord?] [Cote : BNF C104

[Illustrations de Le livre des prouffitz champestres.] / [Non identifié) ; Pierre de Crescens

Comprend : [Fig. au titre : Pierre de Crescent dictant ou enseignant la matière de son ouvrage.] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [pl. en reg. folio Aii : scène de dédicace. Pierre de Crescent remettant son livre au Roi Charles V.] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [Fig. folio Bi : scène de taille des arbres, de construction d'un édifice. Vue d'une cour de ferme. Scène de taille de la vigne. (Cette gravure est une reprise de l'édition de 1486. Elle est également réemployée dans la présente édition de ; [Fig. folio Cii : scène de taille des arbres, coupe et greffons. (Cette gravure est réemployée dans la présente édition de 1516 aux folios XIVI et CXXXV.)] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [Fig. folio XXii : scène de semailles et de moissons. (Cette gravure est une reprise de l'édition de 1486.)] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [Fig. folio FXVi verso : manières d'utiliser les plantes et les herbes. Séchage, distillation ou infusion, préparation et conditionnement à des fins médicinales.] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [Fig. folio XCiii verso : animaux fabuleux ou exotiques : licorne, chameau, éléphant, cerf, lion, panthère, singe, hérisson et autres.] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [Fig. folio LXViii : scène de chasse. Chasse au faucon avec une arbalète. (Cette gravure est une reprise de l'édition de 1486.)] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185] ; [Fig. folio LXXXiii verso : calendrier des saisons et des mois. Activités agricoles selon les périodes de l'année.] [cote : microfilm m 11611/R 70185]

Report of the Workshop on Intelligent Construction for Earthworks, April 14-16, 2008

This document summarizes the discussion and findings of a workshop on intelligent technologies for earthwork construction held in West Des Moines, Iowa, on April 14–16, 2009. This meeting follows a similar workshop conducted in 2008. The objective of the meeting was to provide a focused discussion on identifying research and implementation needs/strategies to advance intelligent compaction and automated machine guidance technologies. Technical presentations, interactive working breakout sessions, and a panel discussion comprised the workshop. About 100 attendees representing state departments of transportation, Federal Highway Administration, contractors, equipment manufacturers, and researchers participated in the workshop.

Safer Construction and Maintenance Safer Construction and Maintenance Practices to Minimize Potential Liability by Counties from Accidents, September 1979

Tort claims resulting from alleged highway defects have introduced an additional element in the planning, design, construction, and maintenance of highways. A survey of county governments in Iowa was undertaken in order to quantify the magnitude and determine the nature of this problem. This survey included the use of mailed questionnaires and personal interviews with County Engineers. Highway-related claims filed against counties in Iowa amounted to about $52,000,000 during the period 1973 through 1978. Over $30,000,000 in claims was pending at the end of 1978. Settlements of judgments were made at a cost of 12.2% of the amount claimed for those claims that had been disposed of, not including costs for handling claims, attorney fees, or court costs. There was no clear time trend in the amount of claims for the six-year period surveyed, although the amount claimed in 1978 was about double the average for the preceding five years. Problems that resulted in claims for damages from counties have generally related to alleged omissions in the use of traffic control devices or defects, often temporary, resulting from alleged inadequacies in highway maintenance. The absence of stop signs or warning signs often has been the central issue in a highway-related tort claim. Maintenance problems most frequently alleged have included inadequate shoulders, surface roughness, ice o? snow conditions, and loose gravel. The variation in the occurrence of tort claims among 85 counties in Iowa could not be related to any of the explanatory variables that were tested. Claims appeared to have occurred randomly. However, using data from a sub sample of 11 counties, a significant relationship was shown probably to exist between the amount of tort claims and the extensiveness of use of warning signs on the respective county road systems. Although there was no indication in any county that their use of warning signs did not conform with provisions of the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (Federal Highway Administration, Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C., 1978), many more warning signs were used in some counties than would be required to satisfy this minimum requirement. Sign vandalism reportedly is a problem in all counties. The threat of vandalism and the added costs incurred thereby have tended to inhibit more extensive use of traffic control devices. It also should be noted that there is no indication from this research of a correlation between the intensiveness of sign usage and highway safety. All highway maintenance activities introduce some extraordinary hazard for motorists. Generally effective methodologies have evolved for use on county road systems for routine maintenance activities, procedures that tend to reduce the hazard to practical and reasonably acceptable levels. Blading of loose-surfaced roads is an example of such a routine maintenance activity. Alternative patterns for blading that were investigated as part of this research offered no improvements in safety when compared with the method in current use and introduced a significant additional cost that was unacceptable, given the existing limitations in resources available for county roads.

[Illustrations de Les Commentaires de Jules César.] / [non identifié] ; Jules César, aut. du texte

Comprend : [pl. à la Dédicace : scène de dédicace. Robert, ministre de l'ordre de la Sainte Trinité, remet au roi de France Charles VIII les "Commentaires de Jules César".] [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. en reg. folio aiiii : Jules César et son armée.] Cy apres sensuyt le premier livre des commentaires de Jules Cesar sur le fait de la conqueste de la terre de Gaule laquelle il fist avant quil se nommast empereur de romme. [Cote : microfilm m ; [Fig. au Second Livre : combat entre soldats romains et gaulois.] Cy commence le deuxiesme livre des cômentairesiules cesar. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. au Troisième Livre : soldat romain décapitant un Savoyard.] Cy commence le troisiesme livre. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. au Quatrième Livre : bataille entre l'armée de Jules César et des soldats Germains.] Sensuit le quatriesme livre. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. au Cinquième Livre : Jules César ordonne la construction de navires de guerre.] Cy commence le cinquiesme livre. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. au Sixième Livre : Jules César ordonne la construction de navires de guerre?] Cy commence le sixiesme livre. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. au Septième Livre : Jules César rassemble son armée devant Rome.] Cy commence le septiesme livre. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674] ; [Fig. au Huitième Livre : Jules César et son armée.] Cy commence le huitiesme livre fait par ung nomme Bircius pensa. [Cote : microfilm m 7991/R 93674]