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Alan Burkitt-Gray
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> "Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks, 1853 (excerpt)
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> -- Charles Tomlinson
[snip]
> By the way, if anyone can point me at the original source of this (it
> appeared on the Web exactly as it is reproduced here, with no further
> references), I would be very grateful.
Try the Library of Congress: www.loc.gov and in a minute or two you will =
find:
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CALL NUMBER: TS521 .H63 1982=20
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AUTHOR: Hobbs, A. C.=20
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TITLE: The construction of locks / compiled from the papers =
of A.C. Hobbs, of New York ; and edited by Charles Tomlinson ; to which =
is added a description of J. Beverly Fenby's patent locks, and a note =
upon iron safes by Robert Mallet.
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PUBLISHED: West Orange, N.J. : A. Saifer, [1982?]=20
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DESCRIPTION: vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 21 cm. =20
SUBJECT: Locks and keys.=20
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OTHER NAME: Tomlinson, Charles, 1808-1897.=20
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OTHER NAME: Fenby, J. Beverly.=20
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OTHER NAME: Mallet, Robert, 1810-1881.=20
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OTHER TITLE: Locks and safes.=20
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OTHER TITLE: Construction of locks & safes.=20
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OTHER TITLE: Construction of locks and safes.=20
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NOTE: At head of title: Locks and safes. Title on spine: =
Construiction of locks & safes. Reprint. Originally published: London : =
Virtue and Co., 1868. Includes index.
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LCCN NUMBER: 82-203685 =20
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<BR>> "Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks, 1853=20
(excerpt)<BR>> <BR>> -- Charles Tomlinson<BR>[snip]<BR>> By the =
way, if=20
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<DIV>CALL NUMBER: </DIV>
<TD align=3Dleft>TS521 .H63 1982 <BR>
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<TH align=3Dright>AUTHOR:=20
<TD align=3Dleft>Hobbs, A. C. <BR>
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<TH align=3Dright>TITLE:=20
<TD align=3Dleft>The construction of locks / compiled from the =
papers=20
of A.C. Hobbs, of New York ; and edited by Charles Tomlinson =
; to=20
which is added a description of J. Beverly Fenby's patent =
locks, and=20
a note upon iron safes by Robert Mallet.<BR>
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<TH align=3Dright>PUBLISHED:=20
<TD align=3Dleft>West Orange, N.J. : A. Saifer, [1982?] <BR>
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<TD align=3Dleft>vi, 212 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.=20
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<TD align=3Dleft>Fenby, J. Beverly. <BR>
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<TD align=3Dleft>Locks and safes. <BR>
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<TD align=3Dleft>Construction of locks & safes. <BR>
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<TD align=3Dleft>Construction of locks and safes. <BR>
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<TD align=3Dleft>At head of title: Locks and safes. Title on =
spine:=20
Construiction of locks & safes. Reprint. Originally =
published:=20
London : Virtue and Co., 1868. Includes index.<BR>
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<TD align=3Dleft>82-203685 </TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></DIV>
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