. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... Fig. 20. Showing Method of Con-necting Housed String to Fig. 21. Method of Connect-ing Rail and String toBottom Newel. The open string shown in Fig. 23 is a portionof a finished string, showing nosings and covereturned and finishing against the face of thestring. Along the lower edge of the string isshown a bead or moulding, where the plasteris finished. A portion of a stair of the better class isshown in Fig. 24. This is an open, bracketedstring, with returned nosings and coves andscroll brackets. The

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. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... Fig. 20. Showing Method of Con-necting Housed String to Fig. 21. Method of Connect-ing Rail and String toBottom Newel. The open string shown in Fig. 23 is a portionof a finished string, showing nosings and covereturned and finishing against the face of thestring. Along the lower edge of the string isshown a bead or moulding, where the plasteris finished. A portion of a stair of the better class isshown in Fig. 24. This is an open, bracketedstring, with returned nosings and coves andscroll brackets. These brackets are made aboutf inch thick, and may be in any desirable pat-tern. The end next the riser should be miteredto suit; this will require the riser to be f inchlonger than the face of the string. The upperpart of the bracket should run under the covemoulding; and the tread should project overthe string the full | inch, so as to cover the 276 STAIR-BUILDING 15

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