The carpenter's new guide: being a complete book of lines for carpentry and joinery (1848)
Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844. [from old catalog], Johnston, William, architect. [from old catalog] · Philadelphia, Grigg, Elliot and co. · leaf 231
and the more it is raised above the winders the greaterwill the face mould of the lower wreathed piece exceed the length of the mould of the upperwreathed piece, and unless that (if supposing a line passing through the middle of the fallingmould bisecting the breadth of the same), the distance of… … STAIR-CASING. 93 PLATE 67. Plan and elevation of an elliptical stair-case. In every kind of stair-case whatever, thebreadths of the heads of the steps are always reckoned on a line, bisecting their length, orat 18 inches distant from the rail. In this example, the steps are divided into equal…
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