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 312
lower side, opposite each trigger-hole, is a small piece cutout, as in the common trap. The springs are made of iron … wire, of about one eighth of an inch in diameter (d and e)\and are exactly of the same form as those ofthe common mouse-trap, having a cross wirefixed \\ in. from the top of each spring ( /andg); from which the catches, which are likewisemade of wire (A), are suspended. These catchesare retained by…
