An old engraving showing typical door and gate hinges of the Victorian period. It is from a mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. Some of the designs are commonly still used on doors, gates and chests. The hinges shown include gate hinges [k] – screw and strap, [l] – screw-hook and eye and [n] – hook and eye. Hinge [p] is a self-shutting, blind hinge, [i] a hasp hinge, [m] a table hinge, [q] is a cross-garnet hinge and [e] and [f] are spring hinges.


An old engraving showing typical door and gate hinges of the Victorian period. It is from a mechanical engineering book of the 1880s. Some of the designs are commonly still used on doors, gates and chests. The hinges shown include gate hinges [k] – screw and strap, [l] – screw-hook and eye and [n] – hook and eye. Hinge [p] is a self-shutting, blind hinge, [i] a hasp hinge, [m] a table hinge, [q] is a cross-garnet hinge and [e] and [f] are spring hinges.


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