. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... j o S as gca bogSS13 EH. w » STAIR-BUILDING 35 enable the student to build any stair of this class, have now beengiven. There are, however, other types of stairs in common use,whose turns are curved, and in which newels are employed only atthe foot, and sometimes at the finish of the flight. These curved turnsmay be any part of a circle, according to the requirements of the case,but turns of a quarter-circle or half-circle are the more string forming the curve is called a cylinder, or part of a cylin
. Cyclopedia of architecture, carpentry, and building; a general reference work ... j o S as gca bogSS13 EH. w » STAIR-BUILDING 35 enable the student to build any stair of this class, have now beengiven. There are, however, other types of stairs in common use,whose turns are curved, and in which newels are employed only atthe foot, and sometimes at the finish of the flight. These curved turnsmay be any part of a circle, according to the requirements of the case,but turns of a quarter-circle or half-circle are the more string forming the curve is called a cylinder, or part of a cylinder,as the case may be. The radius of this circle or cylinder may be anylength, according to the space assigned for the stair. The openingaround which the stair winds is called the well-hole. Fig. 56 shows a portion of a stairway having a well-hole witha 7-inch radius. This stair is rather peculiar, as it shows a quarter-space landing, and a quarter-space havingthree winders. The reason for this is thefact that the landing is on a level with thefloor of another room, into which a dooropens from the lan
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