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• On the Construction of Locks and Keys (ca. 1850), by John Chubb (page images with commentary at anvilfire.com)
• Parmenides Lehrgedicht; griechisch und deutsch (G. Reimer, 1897), by Parmenides and Hermann Diels (page images at HathiTrust)
• The House of Chubb, 1818-1918 (H. Jenkins, 1919), by George Hayter Chubb Hayter and Walter Graham Churcher (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• A treatise on fire and thief-proof depositories, and locks and keys. (Simpkin, Marshall and Co., 1856), by George Price (page images at HathiTrust)
• ... Diptères pupipares (P. Lechevalier, 1926), by Louis Falcoz (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Die kunst- und bauschlosserei in ihren gewöhnlichen umfange : mit besonderer berücksichtigung der kunstwerblichen form (E. A. Seemann, 1891), by Theodor Krauth and Franz Sales Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Reproduction of illustrations of ornamental metal-work, forming L'art du serrurier (Reproduced for the Department of science and art [South Kensington museum] in photolithography by W. Griggs, 1889), by Mathurin Jousse and South Kensington Museum (page images at HathiTrust)
• Rudimentary treatise on the construction of door locks : for commercial and domestic purposes : with Mr. Smyth's letter on the Bramah locks. (J. Weale, 1858), by A. C. Hobbs, George Dodd, John Smyth, and Charles Tomlinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Flora von Deutschland. Zum gebrauche auf Exkursionen, in Schulen und beim Selbstunterricht. (Paul Parey, 1890), by Aug. Garcke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die Tierwelt Deutschlands und der angrenzenden Meeresteile. (G. Fischer, 1925) (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• In the matter of certain key blanks for keys of high security cylinder locks : investigation no. 337-TA-308 (Commission decision of August 23, 1990). (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1991), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• In the matter of certain combination locks : investigation no. 337-TA-45. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1979), by United States International Trade Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• Certain residential door locks from Taiwan : determination of the Commission in investigation no. 731-TA-433(preliminary) under the Tariff act of 1930, together with the information obtained in the investigation. (U.S. International Trade Commission, 1989), by United States International Trade Commission, James M. Brandon, Olympia Hand, and Howard Gooley (page images at HathiTrust)
• Hardware manufactured by P. & F. Corbin. (The Company, 1905), by Conn.) P. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain (page images at HathiTrust)
• Der Schlossermeister; oder, Theoretisch-praktisches Handbuch der Schlosserkunst für Lehrherren, Gesellen und Lehrlinge über den ganzen Umfang ihrer Kunst, mit Inbegriff der nöthigen Kenntnisse über die Eisen- und Stahlfabrication. (B.F. Voigt, 1850), by L. de Grandpré and Carl Hartmann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Decorative French hardware ... from the Middle Age up to the present time ; ... selected from the general catalogue of MM Fontaine & Vaillant of Paris, of which firm the Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co. are the sole agents for the United States. (Fontaine & Vaillant ;, 1911), by Fontaine & Vaillant (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Serrurerie décorative. (Paris, 1910), by Paris Fontaine & Cie. (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Protection from fire and thieves : including the construction of locks, safes, strong-rooms, and fireproof buildings : burglary, and the means of preventing it : fire, its detection, prevention, and extinction, etc. : also a complete list of patents for locks and safes (Longmans, Green, 1875), by George Hayter Chubb (page images at HathiTrust)
• A mass spectrometer surface ionization source for use with a vacuum lock (Union Carbide Nuclear Company, 1957), by Richard E. Sladky, Union Carbide Corporation, Oak Ridge Y-12 Plant, Union Carbide Nuclear Company, and U.S. Atomic Energy Commission (page images at HathiTrust)
• On the development and distribution of primitive locks and keys (Chatto and Windus, 1883), by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (page images at HathiTrust)
• La fidelle ouverture de l'art de serrurier : ou l'on void les principaulx preceptes, desseings [sic] et figures touchant les experiences et operations manuelles dudict art : ensemble vn petit traicté de diverses trempes, le tout (Chez Georges Griveau Imprimeur Ordinaire du Roy, 1627), by Mathurin Jousse (page images at HathiTrust)
• Unlocking adventure (Whittlesey House, 1942), by Charles Courtney and Thomas M. Johnson (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Lock and builders hardware manufacturing industry (United States Government Printing Office, 1933), by United States National Recovery Administration (page images at HathiTrust)
• The master locksmith reference book ... A handbook for locksmiths ... (American Association of Master Locksmiths, 1931), by American Association of Master Locksmiths, Charles Courtney, and William H. Hassel (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Rudimentary treatise on the construction of locks (J. Weale, 1853), by A. C. Hobbs, George Dodd, and Charles Tomlinson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Builders' hardware. (Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., 1897), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Real compression bronze door knobs & escutcheons : made by Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., New Britain, Conn. (The Co., 1873), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Traité complet et simplifié de cet art (Paris : Roret, libraire, rue Hautefeuille, au coin de celle du Battoir, 1827., 1827), by L. de Grandpré (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1893 catalogue and price-list of the patent Champion Sash Locks ([Champion Safety Lock Co., 1893), by Champion Safety Lock Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• P. & F. Corbin locks and builders' hardware (Corbin, 1941), by Conn.) P. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of hardware. (Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., 1930), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Locksmithing and general shop information : containing an exceptionally complete and comprehensive treatise on the entire field of locksmithing together with a liberal assortment of useful information collected and arranged for not only locksmiths but those doing similar work in hotels, office buildings and institutions of various kinds, hardware dealers, novelty shops and etc., in fact for anyone engaged or in any way interested in the locksmithing business (H.W. Routson, 1925), by H. W. Routson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diptères (Nématocères piqueurs): Chironomidæ Ceratopogoninæ (P. Lechevalier, 1925), by J.-J. Kieffer (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russwin semi-concealed door closer : no. "400" for all interior and inswinging exterior doors. (Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., 1937), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Rudimentary Treatise on the Construction of Locks, by A. C. Hobbs and George Dodd, ed. by Charles Tomlinson (Gutenberg ebook)
• Protection from Fire and Thieves: Including the construction of locks, safes, strong-rooms, and fireproof buildings; burglary, and the means of preventing it; fire, its detection, prevention, and extinction; etc., by George Hayter Chubb (Gutenberg ebook)
• On the Development and Distribution of Primitive Locks and Keys, by Augustus Henry Lane-Fox Pitt-Rivers (Gutenberg ebook)

• Locks and Hardware (catalog #22; Stamford, CT: Yale and Towne Mfg. Co., c1917), by Yale & Towne Manufacturing Company
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  • multiple formats at archive.org
• Hardware for utility and ornamentation. (Sargent & Co., 1927), by E. H. Sargent and Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Brass hardware for the hardware trade : catalogue no. 25. (National Brass Company, 1925), by National Brass Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Key locks (Sargent & Greenleaf, 1917), by Sargent & Greenleaf Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated catalogue of fine locks and builders' hardware ... (New York [etc], 1899), by Reading Reading hardware company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated catalog of patent bronze metal spring padlocks, combination drawer locks, combination chest locks, key drawer and chest locks, tubular rim night latches, mortise night latches, upright rim store door locks, mortise store door locks, key blanks, etc. (Brooklyn, N.Y., 1911), by Inc. Wilson Bohannan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Special catalogue of builders' hardware (Saint Louis, Mo. : Simmons Hardware, [1911?], 1911), by Simmons Hardware Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Price list and illustrated catalogue of hardware : manufactured by the Penn Hardware Company, Reading, Pa. (The Co., 1892), by Pa.) Penn Hardware Company (Reading (page images at HathiTrust)
• Locks and builders' hardware : good buildings deserve good hardware (Corbin, 1946), by Conn.) P & F Corbin (New Britain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Locks and builders' hardware. (New Britain, Conn., 1932), by P. & F. Corbin (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Builders' hardware. (Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., 1897), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• Catalogue of builders' hardware (J. Jacob Shannon & Co., 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Illustrated catalogue of builders' hardware. (J. B. Shannon & Sons, 1887), by J.B. Shannon & Sons (page images at HathiTrust)
• Real compression bronze door knobs & escutcheons : made by Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., New Britain, Conn. (The Co., 1873), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust)
• 1893 catalogue and price-list of the patent Champion Sash Locks ([Champion Safety Lock Co., 1893), by Champion Safety Lock Co (page images at HathiTrust)
• P. & F. Corbin locks and builders' hardware (Corbin, 1941), by Conn.) P. & F. Corbin (Firm : New Britain (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Catalogue of hardware. (Russell & Erwin Mfg. Co., 1930), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Locks and builders' hardware. (Norwalk Lock Co., 1950), by Conn.) Norwalk Lock Co. (South Norwalk (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Russwin semi-concealed door closer : no. "400" for all interior and inswinging exterior doors. (Russell & Erwin Manufacturing Co., 1937), by Russell and Erwin Manufacturing Company (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Illustrated catalogue and price list of cabinet locks, night latches, dead locks, trunk locks, special hardware, wood screws, keys and key blanks : manufactured by Eagle Lock Co. (Eagle Lock Co., 1928), by Eagle Lock Co (page images at HathiTrust)

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