 | Colin Macfarquhar, George Gleig - 1797 - 422 ページ
...depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by moans of a communication from without ; fo that, by means of the latter, the -lever acts upon the bolt, and moves it in fuch a manner as to' fecure the lid or door from being opened by any pull or pufh from without. The... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Britannica - 1810 - 816 ページ
...depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from without ; fo that, by means of the latter, the lever acts upon the bolt, and moves it in fuch a manner as to fccure the lid or door from being opened by any pull « pulh from without. The... | |
 | Olinthus Gregory - 1815 - 632 ページ
...principle on which all locks depend is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from •without ; so that, by means...to secure the lid or door from being opened by any pull or push from without. The security of locks in general therefore depends on the number of impediments... | |
 | 1823 - 858 ページ
...principle on which all locks depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from without ; so that, by means of the latter, the lever acts upon the belt, and mores it in such a manner aa to •it-run the lid or door from being opened by any pull or... | |
 | Thomas Curtis (of Grove house sch, Islington) - 412 ページ
...principle on which all locks depend is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from without ; so that by means of...to secure the lid or door from being opened by any pull or push from without. The security of locks, in general, therefore, depends on the number of impediments... | |
 | Alexander Jamieson - 1829 - 656 ページ
...principle on which all locks depend is the application of a lexer to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from without ; so that, by means,...acts upon the bolt, and moves it in such a manner аз to secure the lid nr door from being opened by any pull or push from without. The lecurity of... | |
 | Francis Lieber, Edward Wigglesworth, Thomas Gamaliel Bradford, Henry Vethake - 1831 - 630 ページ
...principle on which all locks depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, l»y means of a communication from without ; so that, by means of...to secure the lid or door from being opened by any pull or push from without. The security of locks, in general, therefore, depends on the number of impediments... | |
 | Encyclopaedia Americana - 1831 - 608 ページ
...principle on which all locks depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from without ; so that, by means of...to secure the lid or door from being opened by any pull or push from without. The security of locks, in general, therefore, depends on the number of impediments... | |
 | 1844 - 498 ページ
...which all locks depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a mechanical communication from without, so that by means of the...latter the lever acts upon the bolt, and moves it into a staple or other recess, by which the door or lid of the opening is secured from being opened... | |
 | Robert Hunt - 1851 - 492 ページ
...649, 650, 652, 653, 654, 655, 657, 659, 660, 661, 663, 671, 672, 373, 674, 675, 678, 679, 680.)—To describe the peculiarities •of the various kinds...The security of locks, therefore, depends upon the impediments we interpose betwixt the key and the bolt. These are called wards, and by the number and... | |
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The principle on which all locks depend, is the application of a lever to an interior bolt, by means of a communication from without ; so that, by means of the latter, the lever acts upon the bolt, and moves it in such a manner as to secure the lid or... 
