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Book/Printed Material The sectorian system of handrailing ... elucidating the whole subject by the introduction of fifteen plates, with suitable letter-press notes on each plate. The principle is entirely new, and adapted to the construction of wreaths for stairs, however difficult, by the use of the sector, a mathematical instrument founded on the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, and adapted to this system

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  • The sectorian system of handrailing ... elucidating the whole subject by the introduction of fifteen plates, with suitable letter-press notes on each plate. The principle is entirely new, and adapted to the construction of wreaths for stairs, however difficult, by the use of the sector, a mathematical instrument founded on the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, and adapted to this system

Names

  • Forbes, William, -1877

Created / Published

  • [Richmond, Va., Printed at Gary's steam printing house] 1873.

Headings

  • -  Handrails

Notes

  • -  Also available in digital form.

Medium

  • [2] p., 16 l. front., 14 pl. 37 x 29 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • TH5675 .F7

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 08004707

OCLC Number

  • 2943878

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  • pdf

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Forbes, William, -1877. The sectorian system of handrailing ... elucidating the whole subject by the introduction of fifteen plates, with suitable letter-press notes on each plate.The principle is entirely new, and adapted to the construction of wreaths for stairs, however difficult, by the use of the sector, a mathematical instrument founded on the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, and adapted to this system. [Richmond, Va., Printed at Gary's steam printing house, 1873] Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08004707/.

APA citation style:

Forbes, W. (1873) The sectorian system of handrailing ... elucidating the whole subject by the introduction of fifteen plates, with suitable letter-press notes on each plate.The principle is entirely new, and adapted to the construction of wreaths for stairs, however difficult, by the use of the sector, a mathematical instrument founded on the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, and adapted to this system. [Richmond, Va., Printed at Gary's steam printing house] [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/08004707/.

MLA citation style:

Forbes, William, -1877. The sectorian system of handrailing ... elucidating the whole subject by the introduction of fifteen plates, with suitable letter-press notes on each plate.The principle is entirely new, and adapted to the construction of wreaths for stairs, however difficult, by the use of the sector, a mathematical instrument founded on the fourth proposition of the sixth book of Euclid, and adapted to this system. [Richmond, Va., Printed at Gary's steam printing house, 1873] Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/08004707/>.