The carpenter's assistant : containing a succinct account of Egyptian, Grecian and Roman architecture. Also, a description of the Tuscan, Doric, Ionic, Corinthian and composite orders; together with specifications, practical rules and tables for carpenters, and a glossary of architectural terms. Embellished with upwards of 200 plates of plans, elevations, details, and practical stair-building (1854)
Brown, William, architect, Joy, Lewis E · Boston : Published by Edward Livermore · leaf 243
Plate LII. Fig. 1 shows a method of drawing a scroll for stairs. Let AB be the given breadth, which is here sixteen inches ; divide ABinto eleven equal parts, make AF equal to one of those parts, and joinBF ; then bisect BAy and BF, at 2 3, in the centre of BA ; make 2 Dequal to 2 3 ; then, with…
Carpentry · Architecture
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