A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . om a larger hallor passage to a chamber to which it serves asa kind of anteroom. It is a general term, andmay be aiJplied to almost any sucli part of aTiuilding. Thus, if the word vestibule in a Ro-man house lie pro;ic;-ly applied only to the rece-ssoutside of the doois, the fauces or short passagewithin may jiropciiy be calleil a lobby. (Com-jiare Antechamber ; Anteroom ; Dcgagement ;Aestilnde ; Vistibulum. See also Loggia.) LOCK. A contrivance for fastening and un-fastening at will a door, casement, chest
A dictionary of architecture and building : biographical, historical, and descriptive . om a larger hallor passage to a chamber to which it serves asa kind of anteroom. It is a general term, andmay be aiJplied to almost any sucli part of aTiuilding. Thus, if the word vestibule in a Ro-man house lie pro;ic;-ly applied only to the rece-ssoutside of the doois, the fauces or short passagewithin may jiropciiy be calleil a lobby. (Com-jiare Antechamber ; Anteroom ; Dcgagement ;Aestilnde ; Vistibulum. See also Loggia.) LOCK. A contrivance for fastening and un-fastening at will a door, casement, chest, drawer,or the like, usually one of which the essentialjiart is a bolt shot and withili-awn by meansof a removable key. Door locks have usuallya Latch as well as the bolt moved by the for safes and strong rooms are sometimesof extraordinary complication, and many rivalinventions have at ditfcrent times demanded theattention of builders, resulting in a system of de-fence against burglarious attacks, which amountsalmost to perfect security so far as the lock is774 LOCK LOCK. Living Room in Wealthy Peasants House, France. Permanent or standing. be-d-iilaees ; chUnncy breast and mantel carried on corbels ; a desif^n. concerned. Locks of this sort sometimes sliootbolts in all four directions, and are frequentlyoperated without keys, thus avoiding the neces-sity of a keyhole into which an explosive maybe forced. Bvirglar Alarm Lock. One connected, usu-ally by means of electricity, with a gong or othermeans of sounding an alarm when the bolt istainiiered with. Combination Lock. One in which the lioltcan be (hawn only when a certain arrangementof the parts, as of three rings with let-ters on them, has been made. Thus, if thereare three lettered rings, a coml.)ination of lettersperha]is forming a word may lie carried in themind or in a note-book, and when that combina-tion is made by bringing tlie rings into a certainrelation to one another the handle can b
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