A Treatise on Stairbuilding and Handrailing

This classic includes 382 diagrams and illustrations, and is organized as follows:

Preface

Part I. Stairbuilding
Chapter I. General Remarks and Preliminary Definitions
Chapter II. Observations on the Designing and Planning of Stairs
Chapter III. Construction of Straight Stairs
Chapter IV. Construction of Quarter-Turn Newelled Stair, Winders at the Starting
Chapter V. Half-Turn Newelled Stairs
Chapter VI. Construction of Half-Turn Geometrical Stairs
Chapter VII. Construction of Half-Turn Geometrical Stairs (Continued).
Chapter VIII. Construction of Stairs for Passenger Ships
Chapter IX. Construction of Stairs for Passenger Ships (continued). Side-Flight Stairs
Chapter X. Construction of Circular Stairs for Passenger Ships
Chapter XI. Miscellaneous Illustrations of Stair Startings and Balustrades—Characteristic Examples of Newel Staircases of the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries.

Part II. Handrailing. Theoretical and Practical
Chapter XII. Remarks and Definitions
Chapter XIII. Determination of Face Moulds and Bevels
Chapter XIV. The Way to Make a Quarter-Circle Wreath
Chapter XV. Quarter-Circle Wreath for Stair With Winders in the Quarter Space
Chapter XVI. Wreath at Top of Circular Stair (Rising From Rake to Level).
Chapter XVII. Complex Cases of Wreaths. (Easings Formed on the Wreath Pieces)
Chapter XVIII. System of Handrailing by Normal Sections
Chapter XIX. Further Considerations Respecting the System by Normal Sections

Part III. Stone Stairs
Chapter XX. General Details of Construction
Chapter XXI. Construction of Spiral and Elliptic Stairs
Chapter XXII. Terrace Stair With Stone Balustrade