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Primitive Locks and Keys

by Augustus Pitt-Rivers

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Plate VIII

Figs. 75C to 77C. Modern padlock from Burmah, with screw ward (India Museum).

Fig. 78C. Portion of modern padlock from Nuremberg, with screw ward. End view, showing keyhole, with side and end views of key to same.

Figs. 79C to 81C. Modern steel lock from Indore, India, with spiral spring action (India Museum).

Figs. 82C to 84C. Modern steel lock from India, with screw action (India Museum).

Figs. 85C to 89C. Modern iron lock from Brussels, with screw action.

Figs. 90C to 92C. Modern padlock from Toomkoor, Mysore, India, with spring action compressed by a revolving key (India Museum).

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