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.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bramah, Joseph, 1749-1814.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Locks and keys.

Physical Description:

1 online resource ([4],46,[2]p.,plates )

Other Title:

Dissertation on the construction of locks.

Place of Publication:

London : printed for the author. Sold by R. Baldwin, Pater-Noster-Row, [1785?]

Notes:

With a half-title and final leaf of advertisements for Bramah's wares.

Reproduction of original from Harvard University Graduate School of Business.

Cited in:

English Short Title Catalog, T112550.

OCLC:

642282027