A dictionary of architecture and building; biographical, historical and descriptive (1901)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York, Macmillan · leaf 363
ght is often used as synonynious STAIR with stair in designating the structure con-tained between two Hooi-s; tliis iise is onlycorrect, however, when no himliiifrs intervene.No absolute distinotion can lie made betweenstaii-s and ladders : a simpler torni of construetion or a steeper pitch beuij;… … C.ITHEDRAL OF SENS (YoNXE). !>T.\111( AsE TO UPPEB SACBISTY Tkansitiox ; 12th Le.ntckv. (see subtitles); as regards their general plan,they are designated as quarter-turn, half-turn,three-(|uarter-turn, and one-turn, implying that,in their progress from top to bottom, they passthrough one, two,…
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