. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ghtangles to the former straight lines ; then perpendiculars are set off and made equal Inlength to those in curve being tracedthrough tiie pointsgives the form of thecap. C is calleda foaiishack rail, and is usedfor a superior descrip-tion of staircases. 2190. F/; showsthe method of drawingthe SCI oil for terminat-ing tlie handrail at thebottom of a geometricalstaircase. Let A B bethe given breadth ;draw AE perpendicu-lar to AB, and divid
. An encyclopaedia of architecture, historical, theoretical, & practical. New ed., rev., portions rewritten, and with additions by Wyatt Papworth. ghtangles to the former straight lines ; then perpendiculars are set off and made equal Inlength to those in curve being tracedthrough tiie pointsgives the form of thecap. C is calleda foaiishack rail, and is usedfor a superior descrip-tion of staircases. 2190. F/; showsthe method of drawingthe SCI oil for terminat-ing tlie handrail at thebottom of a geometricalstaircase. Let A B bethe given breadth ;draw AE perpendicu-lar to AB, and divide itinto eleven equal jjarts,and make A E equal toone of them. Join BE,bisect A B in Cand BEin F. Make CD equalto CF and draw DGperpendicular to A F, with the radiusFE or FB, describe an Fig. 7S5. F.^. 7S6. arc cutting; DGatG. Draw GH perpendicular to BE cutting BE at O. Draw the diagonalsDOK and lOL perpendicular to UOK. Draw IK parallel to BA ; KL parallel to 1 O,and so on to meet the diagonals. From D as a centre, witli the distance DB, describe thearc BG. From I as a centre, witli the distance IG, describe the arc GE. From K as a.
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