Show locks ani and loek lock Fic picking king from a lecture by win 11 II butler before ilie the c cub ab new york locks in a gon goa ral rai may nuy be divided into two classes finst first taase in which wincil many fixed obstacles were pre ent d to stop i lie he key in iab elbart to touch the bolt and second those in fit which wincil 11 hinged or sil sli silling ling s were to be removed lelure before the ilia bolt would budge however strong il it was acted on or the tila first U re 1 e termed locks und and though provided with distressingly couil coni lex keys could be picked by auy any skeleton or even event a crooked wire wirch inight chaale to be bent aeilt so is us tu to od tile the obstacles al all the keys which appear in ancient paintings belong to ward locks which style is is now only used for the most ordinary purposes A general name for the tile second a ald aid aid id better class is that of locks tu lre are ire levers or pins which catch in thi bolt and must be all lifted at once oil ca one mr alron in in En england glaud gland improved on oil thia this simple iaea by so constructing the tumblers that lifting too loo hi aih ii was eaas as bad es ca not lifting b al tit all this chanse chanze had elevated lock I 1 to a high pi ice among the ai at asand ts and hid led to improvements of which there would probably never be tie any end tile the english Bra inai inal lock picked bv by mr hobbs an americ in who thereby won a large prize ul at the great fair in fit london in 1851 had hid kirteen b tumblers all of which wera were required to be elevated to diff rent reut heights thirty dds days wera allou allowed ed and mr picked it by what is termed tiia tile tentative tent alive alivo or dalic italy feeling process pr ocea occa in III sixteen days drys d rys only one conr wim third of aula time lime ha he wab was in III lle ile the lie room with the lock of men evl epi equally alty ally ingen ians lins alid and equall equale familar ancil r both wit wil wih i tiie hie business generally and wit wilh I 1 the tins construction or of that kl ki id of tock fork pro ally dlly dily ay iy liotti nott n woold would posies post pos poses rs Es fingers suta suh lenti lenil no voi five ve tile ilia piti elile becs ry iry lo 10 accomplish lh ct within a few arp ars i df tor for had been fa vented which wl eiland rlland uli ull iacre isad zie nie the difficulty the moment a tumbler was lifted too high by any instrument but this addition had LOCI loen objected to as a detic dolie doliente da ansite ate touch woud would not trot only onty disio tg gr il it i 1 ut right right slow the bugi r when hen li hi hiti hitt att ati ined te lite proper hei bei height glit it was ue lale to depend on tile llie secrecy of a lock lork w leil tell any burglar burgl burg lir tr could purchase oile one of tile tiie lle ile lie line mine general style sty ie and und examine lor for himself itous it was dan dall grous g rous ulso also to depend u very great treasure oa lie secrecy of any given key as a rogue mi might eilt somehow olt in lin bocc decess ens ebs to it an ali d man inan might obtain employ mid mgt ia i the shop where the locks lucks were construct za or engil engie ge in iti the manufacture himself und mid reton copies odthe keys sent bent out th the craft had llad great power for evil in their but the charig chang able ky k y and within the last twenty yedra yeara eten eien tins p ji tilty mitty nitty and mia made tile the lock afe its it riia rila inake kir kur these were now berf perfected acted so that a simple simpie change ii in the bitts bitta or parts of ih the key impress d a corresponding change on oil uie cie iid ild lid lock luc aud and a batik a tle ile mig inget ht be secured by a dif dlf different Terent lock every night unil unit vii to any bat but the tho til cash ca cashler cashier shirr ler ivr mr B also referred ref ret erred da at of imp importance orance to coln coin without keys depend upon correctly arranging numerous daes or other oilier obstacles to correspond with willi a certain number which tatter latter must be remembered by batts its owner ile he concluded his history by reforming to the tire process of smoking the tumblers and obtain obtaining ill lii indications by which on ow of tile the best beat changeable locks locka of moti modern virn thins had been pub licay hicl v picked within a hew few months mout mont ils lis two chan changeable able bank batik locks loeks bull dull rs and yeles ales aies lay dissected on the tile tobis during tim reading of this paper and arre were ex irined by the member members sat at their leisure tile the latter Is I 1 3 0 one lle lie w winch 13 I 1 ch anis absolutely from the iha fact that the key separates and annd the bitts hitts go into a private 11 to perform their auti s where a door loses closes behind them so that there is op julu from the k bhole in any shape mr butter butler exhibit exhibited ea and ex explained his rotary lock for street doom doors A cheap lock not changeable which was sold for 6 ope operated rAed as bi triply as a latch abrim tiring but possessed ahlke safety possible to afford by ai a set of tumblers there was no bolt strictly but in if its a cast cut steel upright cylinder c linder with rith with a it deep notch or cavity to tuh take take e hold hid of a metallic fixture on the jitni it partially parti dlly ally revolved so ns to lock look itself as lie door shut arld and a lever layer or fill acted to prevent a reverse movement prom the inside il it was easy to detach this fall as the inside knob or of the door wail was attached directly thereto and a simple pull brought the door open without resist ince tuce but tiie ilia outside knob had no such connection find and from that eide sido the fhil fall was only to be reached through the tiie intervention tion of a det set of tumblers tha the keyhole was a narrow sit slit antl and the key which was pressed directly tn in without turning wui wua about us Ls large lurg ge as a two shilling chilling alece the trub true key rey all aliat liat was necessary was to prewit gently into the keyhole ley hey hole hote and arid the door yielded ilke like apen sesame turning or ir Z theli thele nob but without this a skilful skillful lock pick would work for hours and perhaps jays days before the tumblers could be 1611 ell eil at ranged arranged in their right positions tile the ordinary latches of dwellings in new york could all be opened by a thin crocked nail nw the security thus afforded was only imaginary the latch itch was proof only ag against dinst careless melr metr members ibers ibets of their own household who wiio clia cila chanced to be without the key IN iia IM ird ir lra d weighed a larga large number of ol the these theae cumb camb cumbrous rols keys hud ild found thern them to six to the th le pound U und and ile fie estimate that eliat persons in ila drew new I 1 york city were daily carry curry carrying in thel pockets pockes pounds of front door keys the looks locks for far which were only pre themselves and the me meanest inest clash class of hail hiril thraves thi thle aves es AH ali had probably observed that tint the same key bey would wend frequently unlock nii nil the houses in III a bleek bluck a and end d would generally unlock one third of bli 01 the tile houses hauses hanses in the city |