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.
| Author/creator | Bramah, Joseph |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | London : Printed for the author, sold by R. Baldwin, 1785? |
| Description | 46 pages, 2 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations |
| Supplemental Content | Available to subscribing institutions |
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| General note | Reproduction of original from Kress Library of Business and Economics, Harvard University. |
| General note | Goldsmiths'-Kress no. 13077.3. |
| Reproduction note | Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements. |