A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive (1902)
Sturgis, Russell, 1836-1909 · New York : The Macmillan company · leaf 363
rm Flight is often used as synonymous594 STAIR with stair in designating the structure con-tained between two floors; this use is onlycorrect, however, when no landings inteiTene.No absolute distinction can be made betweenstairs and ladders ; a simjjler form of construc-tion or a steeper pitch… … Cathedral of Skns (Voxne). Staircase lu L i-ili; Sacki.iiyTransition; lliTH Century. (see subtitles) ; as regards tlieir general plan,they are designated as quarter-turn, lialf-tuni,thrce-i|uarter-turn, and one-turn, implying that,in their jirogrcss from top to bottom, tliey passthrough one, two,…
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