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The American stair-builders' guide (1875)

Gould, Lucius D., b. 1814. [from old catalog] · New York, A.J. Bicknell & co. · leaf 26

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Figure 4 exhibits a practical method of finding the spring-bevels for thejoints, by fitting a piece of wood to the angle of the tangents on the plan.From the point L, draw the line L C at right angles to L S; draw 0 D atright angles to C L, and C R, the pitch of the stairs; apply the bevels atright… … Indies- 1 foot: Fig.l Plate 6 Exhibits the plan and elevation for the turnout at the starting of the staircase^the rail terminating against the newel; the flank sawed square to a parallelwidth. The length of the major axis is found by producing the curve D A, Fig.1, to T ; draw T J and A S parallel…

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