Purpose/History Of A Spiral Staircase???
On May 17, 2:22*pm, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 5/17/2010 12:27 AM harry spake thus:
On May 17, 1:58 am, David Nebenzahl wrote:
On 5/15/2010 12:26 PM harry spake thus:
Spiral staircases in castles always were a right handed bend making it
hard to wave a sword about if you were trying to fight your way up.
You must mean a right-handed bend going *down*, correct?
Depends on which way you *consdier to be rght handed. But you know
what I mean.
Yes, I take it to mean that the stairs wind clockwise going down.
Woe betide the left-handed knight defending the castle ...
They would be on the offensive team.
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