Appletons' cyclopaedia of applied mechanics: a dictionary of mechanical engineering and the mechanical arts (1880)
D. Appleton and Company, Benjamin, Park, 1849-1922 · New York, D. Appleton · leaf 313
2S31. … shown in the cut, there is a cam by means of which the bolt of the lock is moved. The unlockingof the cylinder is performed by simply thrusting the key into it, and of the bolt by turning the cylin-der with the key. Flat keys are now largely used in standard door-locks. An example of a lock of this…
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