| PART I | |
| STAIR-BUILDING | |
| Page | |
| Stair construction | [ 1] |
| Definitions | [ 2] |
| Setting out stairs | [ 8] |
| Pitch-board | [10] |
| Well-hole | [18] |
| Laying out close-string stair | [22] |
| Open-newel stairs | [32] |
| Stairs with curved turns | [34] |
| Geometrical stairways and hand-railings | [43] |
| Wreaths | [43] |
| Tangent system | [44] |
| Bevels to square wreaths | [60] |
| How to put curves on face-mould | [68] |
| Arrangement of risers | [74] |
| PART II | |
| STEEL SQUARE | |
| Introductory | [ 1] |
| Specifications for steel square | [ 1] |
| Miter and length of side of polygon | [ 4] |
| Steel square in roof framing | [ 7] |
| General problems | [ 8] |
| Heel cut of common rafter | [13] |
| Hips | [13] |
| Heel cut of hips and valleys | [16] |
| INDEX | [1] |
HALL AND PARTIALLY ENCLOSED STAIRCASE IN LONG HALL,
GREYROCKS, ROCKPORT, MASS.
Frank Chouteau Brown, Architect, Boston, Mass.
PART I
STAIR-BUILDING
Introductory.
In the following instructions in the art of Stair-building, it is the intention to adhere closely to the practical phases of the subject, and to present only such matter as will directly aid the student in acquiring a practical mastery of the art.