The carpenter's new guide; a complete book of lines for carpentry and joinery, treating fully on practical geometry, soffits, groins, niches, roofs, and domes, and containing a great variety of original designs. Also a full exemplification of the theory and practice of stair building, cornices, mouldings, and dressings of every description. Including also some observations and calculations on the strength of timber (1854)
HAND-RAILING. 77 PLATE 62. To find the Face-mould for the Railing of a Stairway having a semicircular Well, and Steps of equal Tread throughout. Fig. 1. The plan of the rail and stairs is here exhibited. The steps do not wind, butgo up to a lauding; and the rail continues an even ascent without any…
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