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Bramah, Joseph, 1749-1814.

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    The petition and case of Joseph Bramah, of Piccadilly, engineer, inventor of the patent locks for the security of life and property. February 1798

    Bramah, Joseph, 1749-1814. | Date: 1798
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    A letter, to the Rt. Hon. Sir James Eyre, Lord Chief Justice of the Common Pleas; on the subject of the cause, Boulton & Watt, v. Hornblower & Maberly: for infringement on Mr. Watt's patent for an improvement on the steam engine. By Joseph Bramah, engineer

    Bramah, Joseph, 1749-1814. | Date: 1797
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    A dissertation on the construction of locks . Containing, first - reasons and observations, demonstrating all Locks, which depend on Fixed Wards, to be erroneous in Principle, and defective in Point of Security. Secondly - a specification of a lock, constructed on a new and infallible Principle, which, possessing all the Properties essential to Security, will prevent the most ruinous Consequences of House Robberies, and be a certain Protection against Thieves of all Descriptions. By Joseph Bramah.

    Bramah, Joseph, 1749-1814. | Date: [1785?]

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