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 222
re employed, one at the top and one atthe bottom of the gate. This fastens the gate at once at bothextremities. They are coupled together by a wire, so as to liftstimultaneously on pressure at the handle above. This gateweighs about 80 lb., and can be made and put up for about1/. 8s., a price… … is omitted as superfluous. The wires which constitute the fanare fastened at their outer extremities by being driven up likenail heads : at the point of their convergence they are screwedtight up by a nut. They at once improve the appearance of thegate, and make it so close as to be nearly game…
