Macadamising is a form of road surfacing introduced to Britain by John McAdam, in 1816. The process involves covering the road surface with small, broken stones, so as to form a smooth, hard, convex surface - the surface being convex so as to allow water to run off to the sides. Today the stones are mixed with molten asphalt and compressed by a rol...
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Macadamising was a system of road-making invented by John Macadam in 1819 involving the use of stones broken to six ounces weight and the use of clean flints and granite chippings.
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