k still made in Oriental countries. making an improvement which would make it com- is, however, what is known as the “ Yale lock,” which paratively. safe, while it was reserved for the ingenious The earliest lock of which the construction is known American inventor to take the clumsy old device and… … and forth, securing the door to the door jamb. of Bibi-Eybat. ‘The Relations of Physics The outside of these locks is often richly orna- and Astronomy to the Development of Me- mented with inlaid pearl in Oriental designs, as in the a crude idea and make a remarkable invention from chanical Arts”…
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