Building construction and superintendence, by F.E. Kidder ... (1896)
Kidder, Frank E. (Frank Eugene), 1859-1905 · New York, W.T. Comstock · leaf 290
familiar with the various terms usedin describing stairs, so that he can talk intelligently with the stair-builder and prepare a proper specification. The terms in general useamongst stair-builders are as follows : The term staircase is applied I H Fig. 284. INTERIOR FINISH—STAIRS. 287 to the whole… … Por> ol blocks f>ViKtH cof> old oboe.us art ei»P Fig. 285. term. A flight of stairs is the portion of a staircase from the floor toa landing, or from one landing to another, or, if there is no landing,from one floor to the next. The rise of a stair is the height fromthe top of one step to…
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