The gardener's magazine and register of rural & domestic improvement (1826)
Loudon, J. C. (John Claudius), 1783-1843, A. & R. Spottiswoode, printer, United States. Patent Office. Scientific Library, former owner DSI · London : Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green · leaf 471
he latch is retainedin its place by a spring; and, the rod being used to pull it back so as to openthe gate, when the gate is again shut the latch returns to its place of itself.The rod may either be conducted along the top, or the side of the upperbar of the gate, or under, or along one side of a… … of the rod d, and the handle e. This handle serves both for pulling the rodbackwards toward the hinges, so as to raise the latch, and for pulling the gatetowards the operator, so as to open it by his walking a few steps backwards. Cast-iron Heads or Hanging Styles to Gates, and Wrought-Iron Rods as…
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