From the Vault: The Invention of the Lock & Key
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The Most Advanced Form of a Lock
Lever locks appear in the late first millennium, b, c, e, in the roman world. The padlock was a chinese invention of the early first millennium,. And here's how fagin and manning describe it: In this the bolt had flat springs welded or riveted to its tip.
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