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" flyer," " half -landing," " quarter-landing " or " space " 

 or " pace," "newel " * (if omitted, "a well " or " well-hole," ) 

 " string-board," * " cut-string," " carriage " (which see) ; 

 also the above terms marked *, " Scroll Step," " Handrail," 

 and " Spiral." 



Stand. (1) All the growing trees of a forest ; (2) a construction 

 or stage, to stand upon instance " band-stand," " race- 

 stand," " procession stand," etc. 



Standard Dozen. In Russia sawn timber is calculated by the 

 standard dozen or 1 2 pieces 12 ft. 11 in. x 1 1 in. 



Standard Hundred. An established measure for timber consisting 

 of 120 pieces (the Long Hundred or 10 dozen), except the 

 Quebec Standard, which contains 100, of a certain size. The 

 Petrograd or St. Petersburg Standard is the one most generally 

 used in this country. In the early days of timber importing, 

 each of the principal ports had its own standard, but most 

 of these have fallen into disuse, as have the London and 

 Dublin Standards. The following are the principal stan- 

 dards : 

 Christiania : 



120 pieces 11 ft. 9 in. x 1J in. == 103i cub. ft. 

 Drammen (Dram) : 



120 pieces 9 ft. 64- in. x 24- in.) ,, 7 



IS H Q v ll in I = 121 * cub - ft " 

 i o it. y in. x i y in. / 



St. Petersburg (or Petrograd) : 



120 pieces 12 ft. 11 in. x 1 in. =165 cub. ft. 

 Quebec : 



100 pieces 12 ft. 11 in. x 2| in. = 229 cub. ft, 



Standard Lengths. An American term for lengths into which 

 rough lumber is cut for general use. The standard lengths 

 in pitch pine are multiples of 2 ft., from 4 to 24 ft. inclusive. 

 Hardwood standard lengths run from 4 to 16 ft. inclusive. 

 In Quebec the standard lengths are 12 and 13 ft. 



Standard Stave. See " Stave (Oak)," and other " Stave " 

 notes. 



Stave (Oak) "Standard-stave." The unit of computation is 

 understood to be 5$ ft. long, 5 in. broad or wide, and 14; 

 in. thick. All other sizes traded upon are brought up, or 

 reduced down to that one standard-stave. A mille of staves 

 is 1 ,200 pieces (based on the old Teutonic " long-hundred " of 

 "six score") and those " pieces " the "computed standard- 

 staves." See " Pipe-stave Oak " and other " Stave "notes. 



Stave (Oak) "Standard-stave " in Computations. 175 standard- 

 staves are equal to 50 cubic ft. 1 in., 6f parts, practically 



