A dissertation on the construction of locks
containing first, reasons and observations, demonstrating all locks, which depend on fixed wards, to be erroneous in principle, and defective in security. Secondly, a specification of a new and infallible principle, which, possessing all the properties essential to security, will be a certain protection, (as far as a lock is concerned), against thieves of all descriptions.
2d ed.
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Publication
1815 - Printed for the author and sold by J. Taylor, London, England
Language
English
Word Count
8,500 words, Guess
Page Count
34 pages
Identifiers
- Library of Congress Control Number44028852
- OCLC Control Number8938571
- Open LibraryOL6473456M
Classifications
- LCCTS520 .B68 1815
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