Radford's cyclopedia of construction; carpentry, building and architecture. Based on the practical experience of a large staff of experts in actual constrcution work (1909)
Johnson, Alfred Sidney, 1860-, Radford, William A., 1865- · Chicago Radford Architectural Co · leaf 331
MR5T FLOOR PLAN ~ 5CC0N0 FLOOR PLAN Fig. 62. Fig. 63. Combination Front and Back Stairs. called carriages. The balusters are the uprightspindles or ornamental pieces supporting thehand-rail. Various heights of riser to tread have beentried, but the one found most satisfactory is tomake the riser… … Fig. 64. Elevation of Stairway, living Necessary InformatioB. ARCHITECTURAL DRAFTING 287 to make the sum of a tread and riser equal to17 inches or 171/2 inches. Prom this we see thatthe higher the riser, the narrower will be thetread. If we make the riser 7I/2 inches, then thetread should not…
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