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                        STAIR-BUILDING AND THE
                             STEEL SQUARE

            A MANUAL OF PRACTICAL INSTRUCTION IN THE ART OF
               STAIR-BUILDING AND HAND-RAILING, AND THE
                   MANIFOLD USES OF THE STEEL SQUARE


                         PART I—STAIR-BUILDING

                         _By_ FRED T. HODGSON