Lock & key : the secrets of locking things up, in, and out / Stephen Tchudi.
By: Tchudi, Stephen [author]
Publisher: New York : Charles Scribner's Sons , c1993Edition: First editionDescription: 113 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volume ISBN: 0684193639 :Subject(s): Locks and keys -- History -- Juvenile literature | Locks and keys -- HistoryDDC classification: 683.3 LOC classification: TS519.5 | .T4 1993Summary: Describes the development and uses of different kinds of locks, relates stories about important locks in history, and discusses the meanings that the words "lock" and "key" have taken on in our language.| Item type | Current location | Home library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 107-108) and index.
Describes the development and uses of different kinds of locks, relates stories about important locks in history, and discusses the meanings that the words "lock" and "key" have taken on in our language.
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