Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . e at the other, so that as many sectionsmay be hung to each other as may be neces-Fig. i so. Raymonds sary. Iron sash-weights cost lty cents, andmond Leaf Co. ay lead-weights from 6 to 7 cents per pound. Chapter Fig. 179. Rodgers Sash-cord orChain-fastener. Nimick & Brittan. Sash-weights. CHAPTER VIII. Sash-Fastenings. Chapter viii. O ASH-LOCKS may generally be said to be devised for thekj moral encouragement of the faint-hearted, who cherish afond belief that when the lock is turned no intruder can possi-bly en
Builder's hardware; a manual for architects, builders and house furnishers . e at the other, so that as many sectionsmay be hung to each other as may be neces-Fig. i so. Raymonds sary. Iron sash-weights cost lty cents, andmond Leaf Co. ay lead-weights from 6 to 7 cents per pound. Chapter Fig. 179. Rodgers Sash-cord orChain-fastener. Nimick & Brittan. Sash-weights. CHAPTER VIII. Sash-Fastenings. Chapter viii. O ASH-LOCKS may generally be said to be devised for thekj moral encouragement of the faint-hearted, who cherish afond belief that when the lock is turned no intruder can possi-bly enter through the window. Most of the forms in the mar-ket are sufficient protection against a sneak-thief, but whilenearly every sash-lock in existence is claimed to be strictly bur-glar-proof, and advertised as such, the burglar must be a novice,indeed, who would let even the best of them keep him out of ahouse. When the window is secured with a fast which cannotbe opened by slipping a knife-blade between the meeting-railsand pushing back the bolt, an enterprising burglar wouldsimply break out a pane of glass, which can be accomplishedwith less noise than is made in picking a lock; so that, afterall, the protection afforded by a sash-lock is more in sentimentthan in fact. Still, th
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