Technology: section and elevation of the Bramah and Marshall locks. Coloured engraving by J. Pass, 1813.

Date:
Sep.r 6 1813
Reference:
44377i
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The Bramah lock was so ingenious that it defied picking, despite a reward of 200 guineas, for 67 years

Publication/Creation

London : G. Jones, Sep.r 6 1813.

Physical description

1 print : engraving

Lettering

Lock. Fig. 1 to 8. Bramah's locks. 9 to 16 Marshall's secret escutcheon. ; J. Pass sc.

References note

H.W. Dickinson, "Joseph Bramah and his inventions", Newcomen Society Transactions, XXII, 1941-42

Reference

Wellcome Collection 44377i

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