CONTENTS.

STAIR BUILDING.
PLATE   PAGE
1 Elementary Problems 3
2 Close Newelled or Dog-legged Stairs, the Setting Out of Rods, &c. 5
3 The Construction of Various Parts of Stairs, showing the application of the Steel Square for Setting Out Strings, &c. 7
4 Plan and Elevation of Open Newel Staircase, with Spandril under Bottom Flight 11
5 Details of Construction 13
6 Details of a Newel Stairs, Starting and Landing with Winders 15
7 Half-space Landing, with a Straight Flight above and below, and a continued Rail, starting with a Side Wreath from a Newel 17
8 Details of Construction 19
9 Details of Construction 23
10 Details of Construction showing an Apparatus for marking the Length and Cuts of Balusters around the Circular Parts 25
11 Details of Construction 29
HANDRAILING.
12 On Oblique Planes and their Traces 37
13 On Projection of Oblique Planes, &c. 41
14 Level Landing Wreath, or Half Twist 43
15 Level Landing Wreath, or Half Twist 45
16 Level Landing Wreath, or Half Twist 47
17 Half-space Landing, with Straight Flight above and below 49
18 From the Level to the Rake 53
19 From the Level to the Rake 55
20 Half-space Landing with the Risers in the Springing 57
21 Winders in the Half-space and Level Landing at top 59
22 Winders in the Half-space, with a Straight Flight above and below, Wreath to form its own Easing 61
23 Quarter-space Landing, Wreath in one Piece 65
24 Quarter-space Landing, Wreath in two Pieces 67
25 Quarter-space Landing, Wreath in one Piece, to form its own Easing into the Straight Rail 69
26 Winders in the Quarter-space, Wreath in one Piece, to form its own Easing into Straight Rail 71
27 Landing in an Obtuse Angle, the Wreath to form its own Easing into the Straight Rail 73
28 Half Twist starting from a Scroll, and a Side Wreath starting from a Newel 75
29 Winders starting from a Curtail Step 77
30 Winders in the Quarter-space, starting from a Newel 79
31 The Plan of Rail forming Part of an Ellipse, starting from a Newel over Winders 81
32 Showing the Moulding of Rails, and a Method of proportionately Increasing or Decreasing the Size of them 83