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 Point of Security. Secondly - a specification of a lock, constructed on a new and infallible Principle, which, possessing all the Properties essential to Security, will prevent the most ruinous Consequences of House Robberies, and be a certain Protection against Thieves of all Descriptions. By Joseph Bramah.
- Bramah, Joseph, 1749-1814.
- Date:
- [1785?]
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London : printed for the author. Sold by R. Baldwin, Pater-Noster-Row, [1785?]
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[4],46,[2]p.,plates ; 80.
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References note
ESTC T112550
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Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. (Eighteenth century collections online). Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.