Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 343
ng a newel only at the bottom have beendealt with. There are, however, many modifications of straight andreturn stairs which have from two to four or six newels. In suchcases, the methods of treating strings at their finishing points mustnecessarily be somewhat different from those described; but… … 280 STAIR-BUILDING 19 opening through the floors, through which the traveler on the stairsascends or descends from one floor to another. Fig. 31 shows a well-hole, and the manner of trimming it. Inthis instance the stairs are placed against the wall; but this is notnecessary in all cases, as the…
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