Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . AUGSBURG. the firft fliuts, and fo on. There is an iron (lay, which fufFersthe gate to open only fo far as to let in one perfon at a gate is governed by two powers, one to unbolt and bolt,the other to open and fhut; and thefe are managed in a galleryabove, fo that you fee them open and (hut, as tho it were byenchantment; for no-body is near them. The bar which isfor bolting and unbolting, is placed perpendicularly along theedge of the gate, and is moved up and down to unbolt and


Some observations made in travelling through France, Italy, &cin the years MDCCXX, MDCCXXI, and MDCCXXII . AUGSBURG. the firft fliuts, and fo on. There is an iron (lay, which fufFersthe gate to open only fo far as to let in one perfon at a gate is governed by two powers, one to unbolt and bolt,the other to open and fhut; and thefe are managed in a galleryabove, fo that you fee them open and (hut, as tho it were byenchantment; for no-body is near them. The bar which isfor bolting and unbolting, is placed perpendicularly along theedge of the gate, and is moved up and down to unbolt and bolt,having knobs or knuts on it [a] [a] that flip into fockets. [Seethe That bar which is for opening and /hutting isplaced behind, toward the heel of the gate, and the gate isopened by the branch marked [/,]. The manner of movingeach bar ls thus. By pulling the handle [c], at the fame timethat it comes towards you, it is raifed upwards; and with it israifed the hook [d], which up the bar that is joined to it,and brings the knobs [a] [a] out of their fockets. By pullingthe handle [e]


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