Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks

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Author

Dodd, George, 1808-1881

Credits

E-text prepared by deaurider, Harry Lamé, and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team ( www.pgdp.net) from page images generously made available by Internet Archive ( archive.org)

Language

English

LoC Class

TS: Technology: Manufactures

Subject

Locks and keys

Category

Text

Project Gutenberg

eBook-No. 63128

Release Date

September 5, 2020

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.RUDIMENTARY TREATISE ON THE CONSTRUCTION OF LOCKS .
2. 2.PREFACE.
3. 3.ADVERTISEMENT.
4. 4.CONTENTS.
5. 5.CHAPTER I. ON LOCKS AND LOCK-LITERATURE.
6. 6.CHAPTER II. ANCIENT LOCKS: GRECIAN, ROMAN, EGYPTIAN.
7. 7.CHAPTER III. LOCK CLASSIFICATION. THE PUZZLE-LOCK AND THE DIAL-LOCK.
8. 8.CHAPTER IV. WARDED LOCKS, WITH THEIR VARIED APPENDAGES.
9. 9.CHAPTER V. ON TUMBLER, OR LEVER LOCKS.
10. 10.CHAPTER VI. THE BRAMAH LOCK.
11. 11.CHAPTER VII. AMERICAN LOCKS.
12. 12.CHAPTER VIII. THE LOCK CONTROVERSY: PREVIOUS TO THE DATE OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
13. 13.CHAPTER IX. THE LOCK CONTROVERSY: DURING AND SINCE THE TIME OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION.
14. 14.CHAPTER X. EFFECTS OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION OF 1851 IN IMPROVING ENGLISH LOCKS.
15. 15.CHAPTER XI. THE LOCK AND KEY MANUFACTURE.
16. 16.CHAPTER XII. ENGLISH PATENTS FOR LOCKS—AUBIN’S LOCK TROPHY.
17. 17.APPENDIX . — CHAPTER XIII. ON AN IMPROVED CONSTRUCTION OF LOCK AND KEY. [12] — CHAPTER XIV. FENBY’S PATENT STOP-LOCK. — NOTE UPON IRON SAFES.
18. 18.INDEX.
19. 19.Transcriber’s Note

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