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 314
his mode ofconstruction is to guard against the possibility of a lock-out arising from the accidental derange-ment of either of the two locks which are thus brought in combination. The bolt, being susceptibleof control by either or both of the two dials, may be locked or unlocked by either of them… … 302 LOCKS.
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