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.