A treatise on the construction of staircases and handrails ... Preceded by some necessary problems in practical geometry; with the sections and coverings of prismatic solids (1820)
Nicholson, Peter, 1765-1844 · London, J. Taylor · leaf 76
dth and Height. This depends in a great measure upon fancy; the principal circumstance to beobserved is, to make the section in such a manner that the rail may feel easy to the handand be agreeable to the eye. PLATE XX. The usual form of the sections of a rail are those exhibited in^/gtf. 1 and 2.… … d Jim,, J, Wt i?Zec6l07U> (>/ ///r//</ }///■>.
Stair building · Hand-railing
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