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" ... lower floor : divide the rod into as many equal parts as there are to be risers, then, if you have a level surface to work upon below the stair, try each of the risers as you go on, and this will prevent any excess or defect ; for any error, however... "
The Builder's Practical Guide: Containing a Complete Explanation of the ... - Page 587
by John Nicholson (Civil engineer) - 1830 - 182 pages
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The operative mechanic, and British machinist

John Nicholson (civil engineer.) - Great Britain - 1825 - 1008 pages
...rail and balusters of both the progressive and returning flights falling in the same vertu* j>lanrs the steps being fixed to strings, newels, and carriages,...: divide the rod into as many equal parts as there arc to be risers, then, if you have a level surface to work upon below the stair, try each of the risers...
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Civil Architecture, Or, A Complete Theoretical and Practical System of ...

Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1832 - 402 pages
...of the steps of the inferior kind terminating only upon the side of the string, without any nosing. In taking dimensions and laying down the plan and...mark the height of the story by standing the rod on die lower floor ; divide the rod into as many equal parts as there are to be risers, then, if you have...
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The Mechanic's Companion: Or, the Elements and Practice of Carpentry ...

Peter Nicholson - Bricklaying - 1832 - 424 pages
...take a rod the height of the story, from the surface of the lower floor to the surface of the upper floor: divide the rod into as many equal parts as...level surface to work upon below the stair, try each one of the risers as you go on; this will prevent any excess or defect, which even the smallest difference...
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The Mechanic's Companion, Or, The Elements and Practice of Carpentry ...

Peter Nicholson - Geometry - 1845 - 430 pages
...story, from the surface of tap lower floor to the surface of the upper floor: divide the rod into ass many equal parts as there are to be risers, then if...level surface to work upon below the stair, try each one of the risers as you go on ; this will prevent any excess or defect, which even the smallest difference...
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Rudimentary dictionary of terms used in architecture [&c.].

John Weale - 1850 - 590 pages
...take a rod the height of the story, from the surface of the lower floor to the surface of the upper floor; divide the rod into as many equal parts as...if you have a level surface to work upon below the stairs, try each one of the risers as you go on : this will prevent any defect." Brad, a small nail...
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Shaw's Civil Architecture: Being a Complete Theoretical and Practical System ...

Edward Shaw - Architecture - 1852 - 426 pages
...of the steps of the inferior kind terminating only upon the side of the string, without any nosing. In taking dimensions and laying down the plan and...if you have a level surface to work upon below the Muir, try each of the risers as you go on, and this will prevent any excess or defect ; for any error,...
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