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