Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building : a general reference work (1912)
American Technical Society · Chicago : American Technical Society · leaf 360
d for this reason andseveral others, it is always best to havethree winders only in each quarter-turn.Above all, avoid a four-winder turn, asthis makes a breakneck stair, which ismore difficult to construct and incon-venient to use. Bullnose Tread. No other stair, perhaps, looks so well at… … Mouldin Fig. 43. Panel in Spandrel, Show ing Miters on Moulding, and Shape of Section. 293 30 STAIR-BUILDING is the same as has already been explained for other stairs, with theexception of the first two steps, which are made with circular ends,as shown in the plan. These circular ends are worked…
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