Practical Stair Building and Handrailing
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1. PRACTICAL STAIR BUILDING AND HANDRAILING2. PREFACE.3. PRACTICAL STAIR BUILDING and HANDRAILING.4. STAIR BUILDING.5. PLATE I. ELEMENTARY PROBLEMS.6. PLATE II. CLOSE NEWELLED OR DOG-LEGGED STAIRS, THE SETTING OUT OF RODS, ETC.7. PLATE III. THE CONSTRUCTION OF VARIOUS PARTS OF STAIRS, SHOWING THE APPLICATION OF THE STEEL SQUARE FOR SETTING OUT STRINGS, ETC.8. PLATE IV. PLAN AND ELEVATION OF OPEN NEWEL STAIRCASE, WITH SPANDRIL UNDER BOTTOM FLIGHT.9. PLATE V. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION.10. PLATE VI. DETAILS OF A NEWEL STAIRS, STARTING AND LANDING WITH WINDERS.11. PLATE VII. HALF-SPACE LANDING, WITH A STRAIGHT FLIGHT ABOVE AND BELOW, AND A CONTINUED RAIL, STARTING WITH A SIDE WREATH FROM A NEWEL.12. PLATE VIII. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION.13. PLATE IX. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION.14. PLATE X. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION, SHOWING AN APPARATUS FOR MARKING THE LENGTH AND CUTS OF BALUSTERS AROUND THE CIRCULAR PARTS.15. PLATE XI. DETAILS OF CONSTRUCTION.16. HANDRAILING.17. PLATE XII. ON OBLIQUE PLANES AND THEIR TRACES.18. PLATE XIII. ON PROJECTION OF OBLIQUE PLANES, ETC.19. PLATE XIV. LEVEL LANDING WREATH, OR HALF TWIST.20. PLATE XV. LEVEL LANDING WREATH, OR HALF TWIST—continued.21. PLATE XVI. LEVEL LANDING WREATH, OR HALF TWIST—continued.22. PLATE XVII. HALF-SPACE LANDING, WITH STRAIGHT FLIGHT ABOVE AND BELOW.23. PLATE XVIII. FROM THE LEVEL TO THE RAKE.24. PLATE XIX. FROM THE LEVEL TO THE RAKE—continued.25. PLATE XX. HALF-SPACE LANDING, WITH THE RISERS IN THE SPRINGING.26. PLATE XXI. WINDERS IN THE HALF-SPACE AND LEVEL LANDING AT TOP.27. PLATE XXII. WINDERS IN THE HALF-SPACE, WITH A STRAIGHT FLIGHT ABOVE AND BELOW, WREATH TO FORM ITS OWN EASING.28. PLATE XXIII. QUARTER-SPACE LANDING, WREATH IN ONE PIECE.29. PLATE XXIV. QUARTER-SPACE LANDING, WREATH IN TWO PIECES.30. PLATE XXV. QUARTER-SPACE LANDING, WREATH IN ONE PIECE, TO FORM ITS OWN EASING INTO THE STRAIGHT RAIL.31. PLATE XXVI. WINDERS IN THE QUARTER-SPACE, WREATH IN ONE PIECE, TO FORM ITS OWN EASING INTO STRAIGHT RAIL.32. PLATE XXVII. LANDING IN AN OBTUSE ANGLE, THE WREATH TO FORM ITS OWN EASING INTO THE STRAIGHT RAIL.33. PLATE XXVIII. HALF TWIST STARTING FROM A SCROLL, AND A SIDE WREATH STARTING FROM A NEWEL.34. PLATE XXIX. WINDERS STARTING FROM A CURTAIL STEP.35. PLATE XXX. WINDERS IN THE QUARTER-SPACE, STARTING FROM A NEWEL.36. PLATE XXXI. THE PLAN OF RAIL FORMING PART OF AN ELLIPSE, STARTING FROM A NEWEL OVER WINDERS.37. PLATE XXXII. SHOWING THE MOULDING OF RAILS, AND A METHOD OF PROPORTIONATELY INCREASING OR DECREASING THE SIZE OF THEM.