Common-sense stair building and handrailing (1903)
Fred T Hodgson · Frederick J. Drake and Co. · leaf 154
Fig. 54. FOURTH METHOD 149 with in the older examples and is very effective.(See sketch 54, 2, above.) In a recent text book on building construction thestudent is instructed, before planning a staircase, toknow the position of doors and windows surrounding,so that the steps and the first and last… … Fig- 55. fixed accordingly. Advice of this kind is very wellwhen a staircase has to be fitted in a given space; but thearchitect, in planning and designing the stairs, oughtto proceed quite differently. He should first plan hisstairs, as being the most important thing, and thenarrange the hall…
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