Moreover the handrail of the footbridge was now on the side of his empty sleeve; and the plank being very light and tremulous, he feared to recross it without stepping backward, which was better done without spectators.
It was on the bank of the crystal Perle, at the place where the Priestwell brook glides in, and a single plank without a handrail crosses it into the meads below.
In such cases either the newels were increased in width sufficiently to take both the handrails, or the handrail and string intersected each other in the way shown on Fig.
At about two feet above the top of the string, and parallel to it, was the handrail, and between the handrail and the string were fixed the balusters.
Miss Stevenson reports that in the newer cotton mills a proper outside iron staircase with a handrail is to be found, but the construction of the older fire escapes shows a great lack of common sense.
In the first place, the narrow, almost perpendicular ladder without a handrail is peculiarly unsuited for the use of women.
A mahogany handrail extends the full length of the clerestory on each side of the car, supported in brass sockets at the ends and by heavy brass brackets on each side.
The handrail on each side of the car carries thirty-eight leather straps.
The stairs had vanished, only the iron handrailand a few of its supports remaining.
Meanwhile, those of the crew on deck had detached two boathooks from the handrail to which they had been secured by "beckets," and standing by, awaited for their craft to pass within reach of the object of their attentions.
Grasping the handrail and making fairly certain that it would bear his weight, Terence hauled himself up, using the holes in the stonework, left by the dislodged stairs, as footholds.
However, he did not let her fall, but took advantage of the support of the handrail to imprint a kiss upon her lips--lips in the day-time scorned.
Six broad soapstone steps with a simple wrought-iron handrail at either side lead up to a fine doorway, Tuscan in spirit, with high narrow doors.
Severely plain square newels support an exceptionally broad and heavy handrail capped with dark wood, while attractive turned balusters of distinctive pattern complete a balustrade of more than ordinarily substantial character.
Where it follows up the stairs, it corresponds to the handrail of the balustrade opposite.
Less common, though by no means infrequent, were the stoops of this sort with a single handrail at one side.
The wing flight was a convenient arrangement for double houses, as instanced by the old Billmeyer house in Germantown, with its exceedingly plain iron handrail and straight spindles.
Two other stairways with balustrades of slender grace are worthy of note, especially as instances of a single, small turned newel on the lower step, the handrail terminating in a round cap on the top.
At the foot of the flight, on the landing and at the head of the stairs, the ramped surbase with its dark wood cap, corresponding to the handrail opposite, is supported by slender fluted pilasters which materially enrich the effect.
It would be impossible to conceive anything simpler than the tall, narrow, double doors with the little hood above a stone stoop with plain, iron handrail on one side.
The round tree-trunk did not make a very firm foothold, and the swinging handrail felt the most insecure of supports when I started on to the bridge.
I meant to shake that handrail to-day, and send you into the brook; it wasn't an accident at all!
You see how the handrail shakes about," I said, as I swung it out with a touch.
As he finished, he drew himself along by a handrail to one of the windows, then to another.
I can hear yet the sharp clean click our boots made on that hard shiny stone--see the lights of the candle gleaming on the handrail .
He listened for the noise of a fall or a cry or the crash of a piece of the handrail of the upper landing; but none of these things came.
To the inside end of the band an upright is riveted and to this upright is riveted an ordinary handrail holder to take the handrail.
Lawless, now somewhat recovered, gripped a handrail and dragged himself upon his feet.
The fact that the English officer was clinging to the handrail on the for'ard deck and almost waist-deep in water, did not seem to trouble him in the least.
In the little wheelhouse, perched high up in front of the funnel, Skipper Chard clung to a handrail and peered through the rime-frosted glass across the endless grey vista of tossing, white-capped seas.
We took our hammocks up on deck and slung them forward from the handrail near one of the great anchors.
We were all crowding to the handraillooking overboard.
With a handrail of ten thousand a year--there is safety in that.
The handrail of the bridge alone appeared above the muddy stream; even this was submerged occasionally as a wave rolled up from the turbulent bar, barely one hundred yards below the bridge.
Immediately after, whether still further frightened by his action or bewildered by the water, the horse reared over the handrail into the flooded river.
It consists of three ropes upon one of which you walk, while the other two form a handrail upon either side.
In this case, of course, the floor of the bridge is nothing more than a pole, but with the assistance of a handrail it is quite easy to walk along a single pole.
The Chinaman was clutching at the crazy handrailfor purchase in hauling his tenacious grappler along.
He proceeded along the ledge, and came in about twenty yards to a gap, bridged by a broad plank with a handrail on the side towards the lake.
Joey was summoned, and after a leisurely ascent, interspersed by various gymnastic performances over the handrailhere and there, appeared again.
The young girl's eyes had not drooped over the handrail more than a few moments when she softly exclaimed, 'There she is, there she is!
It also contains angels of sight the degree of sight and distances from these positions to a point on the top of the bridge, handrail height.
Did you yourself stand at the handrail of the overpass?
Were there members of the testing teams that did go to the handrail at the triple underpass to make observations?
On their right hand they beheld the companion-way leading to the interior of the ship, with a wide flight of stairs of delightfully easy descent, handsomely carpeted, and a magnificent massive handrail and balusters of gleaming aethereum.
The square opening to the companion-way was also protected by a similar handrail and balusters, producing an exceedingly rich effect and seeming to promise a corresponding sumptuousness of fitting in the saloons below.
When Mr. Merry led the girl out they had to cling for a time to each other and to the handrail that led down toward the landing.
To this institution, one evening in the dry weather, came Mr. Merry, making what speed he could and clinging to the handrail all the way up from the landing while he caught his breath and stared painfully about.
