American genius : nineteenth-century bank locks and time locks / David Erroll and John Erroll ; photographs by Anne Day.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York : Quantuck Lane Press : 2006Distributor: Distributed by W.W. Norton, 2006Edition: First editionDescription: 367 pages : chiefly color illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781593720162
  • 1593720165
Subject(s): Genre/Form:
Contents:
Acknowledgments -- 1: American bank lock industry -- 2: Early prominence of key locks: 1834-1856 -- 3: Combination lock comes of age: 1857-1871 -- 4: Rise of the time lock: 1872-1888 -- 5: Era of monumental security: 1888-1899 -- 6: Locks of the early twentieth century: 1900-1915 -- 7: Alarm timers -- 8: Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.
Summary: Synopsis: Designed to protect America's riches from every threat, these beautiful devices represent the evolution of lock technology during the nineteenth century, its most creative period. Many of the hand-crafted masterpieces are decorated with beautiful engraving and casting, despite the fact that their mechanical interiors would rarely be seen. They reflect the great pride in creative workmanship and the mechanical genius that characterized America at the time. Here for the first time is a comprehensive compendium of these marvels of complexity and their fascinating history. Stunning photographs by Anne Day and learned text by the authors illuminates a remarkable but little-known chapter in American technological achievement. Over 400 color photographs.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 359-361) and index.

Acknowledgments -- 1: American bank lock industry -- 2: Early prominence of key locks: 1834-1856 -- 3: Combination lock comes of age: 1857-1871 -- 4: Rise of the time lock: 1872-1888 -- 5: Era of monumental security: 1888-1899 -- 6: Locks of the early twentieth century: 1900-1915 -- 7: Alarm timers -- 8: Epilogue -- Notes -- Glossary -- Bibliography -- Index.

Synopsis: Designed to protect America's riches from every threat, these beautiful devices represent the evolution of lock technology during the nineteenth century, its most creative period. Many of the hand-crafted masterpieces are decorated with beautiful engraving and casting, despite the fact that their mechanical interiors would rarely be seen. They reflect the great pride in creative workmanship and the mechanical genius that characterized America at the time. Here for the first time is a comprehensive compendium of these marvels of complexity and their fascinating history. Stunning photographs by Anne Day and learned text by the authors illuminates a remarkable but little-known chapter in American technological achievement. Over 400 color photographs.

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The only book dedicated to timelocks for banksafes, documenting a massive collection of such devices in great detail with wonderfull detailed color images and descriptions, also containing the history of the main manufacturers of banksafe timers. Glossary, Bibliography, Index

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