New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1856-07-09

obc, e. depeud vcv great treasure Oh the
{ cecy Of any gwen key, az rogue might
,. mellow Obtain access to II. An .unprocpled nsn
Il IL Tt ohtnu empIoy meet the shop whore the ln,ks
were constructed or eogsge in the nlrufacture hi n
SET std retain copies Of the keys sent out The Graf
lad era. power FOR evil ia their haDis. BIT the
cbnpeesble key aad lock il ,roduced within he lat
twenty Year, overcame even this possibility, aud
NJ do the Iock safe ag0ust is maker These wee
now p.sf cted 70 that simple change ~ the bt's or
o,ts 81 the key impressed corre"P'adlng caanys "n
tbc lick apo a bank safe might be occurred by difor
ut hsk everv night unknown to any but the cs'hier.
Mr. r. ako referred Of inferior Importance to com
iinstion locks without Keys, which oepend upon cor
r. city auapsirg numerous discs or other o0taceH TO
correspond with ceuaio numn e. w'nh Is, ~ fnus'
DO /. n. NIB. red by its He concluded his history
BY r,terrpg to tue prvcess OF smok the tunblers
and ohsiI ing tharefom ndicsuonsb which one oil TIE
bee, change able locks of modem times had been pub
hcly picbtd wi hin fc~ moaths
Two splendid cbangesbe bank locks. Buffers ana
lsl.- lay dissecied the table during the reading
OF this parer, aat eximiLed by the members az
th'n leisure. The Ia il when se. ms ab|olutely
Vi pckab!e fIom the fact that the key sepa s'es aud
The nns go INTO private apa, tmcnt 10 perform their
duties, where DOOR closes behind them that there
l. op~bIne from the key hole IN any shape. Judge
MEGs remarked that all these chsngeable locks, cost
hg several buoored collars EACH were far too expen
CIV, for general purpos.s snd the great d.sisntum
WITH the mssses. that Of cheap securisy must ,t bs
ovel looked. He ref ed briefly to the e.cut sheen
cck described oy Iit rs among the wonders of the
ege pece ing us ibe lock was capable of t,p million
changes. II was described one Of the casa of COM
bIra'iob locks.
Mr.. BUTLER exhibited and explained his rotary
lock for street doors Achesp 10 *, not cbangeabe,
string but POSSESSED all the ssf possible to afford by
q 2. Of III change able tumb, There was no bolt
strictly speaking bu, n its place cast-s,eel upright
cylinder rth deep notch or cavity to take Id of
metallic fixture the imb. Il partially revoved SO
ss to lock h-cf the door shut and lever or fsu
acted to prevent q verse movement. From the in
side it easy to detach this fall, the inside knob
or handle of the door was attached directly thereto
ard simple pull brought the door open without re.
s.tance but the outside knob had such connection
and from thst side the fall was only to be reached
through the Intervention Of set OF tumbers
The keyhoIe was slit AMI the key,
which was pressed directly in, without turning
was about rs large as a two-shiliDg piece
With the trde key all tina. was necessary was 70
press gently into the key hole aud tie door edcd
ike "open s-ssme," without turning touc log the
k,Ob-but without thi, a skilful lock-pck W ,ud work
for bours and pcIhspI days, before the unbIers could
be Gil 6rIspg.d in their right POSITIONS The ordinary
nleht.la,chts Of d yelDgs IN New-lWk could all be
opel cd by thin, crooked nall TIE security thus st
sgaiI st careless members Of their household
CHARGED 10 be WITHOUT the key He had weighed
l.ige lumber of cunbrOus keys, aud f. und tlen
to average to the pOuod. tie esims ed that
25c 900 persons in Ns"-fork City we're daily carrying
in thei po k,r Al 500 p,uaos Of front door keys tue
10 k fo which only proof against the selvs AMI
the mesne-t class Of ha,thieves. All had probably
Observed tha. the sane key void frequestly unlock
oil the bousts in q bock, and you'd generally unlock
one third OF all the bouses in :he city.
Mr. b.. explanation was illustrated by diagrams
show rg the internal arrangements Of HE lock, which
could be open. by probes of any kind, allowed no
impression to be taken fiom the tdmbl.rs, aud n.yer
allowed the key by any mistake to remain 10 the lock
80 that it could be obtained for copying by burS1r
Dir. THOMAS d. Srg1soS explained by diagram the
construction OF lock jut patented by hr. T.. NJ.
ilendrickson of Brooklyn, which combined oaeapness
with eatety in extraordinary degree. II could De
ade at profit for SO and Involved novel pIinci-
pie TIA. voue of which could not fail to be appreciated
l., the men bers. II combined mort admirably the et-
Ct Of both the ward aud the tuinbrr locks There
were evt tumbers to be accurately .djust ID aud
there were extreme difficulties in the wsy o obtaining
a. c., in any manner 10 move them. Tue keyh0e vas
su all snd round and the key when Inserted spread
isef hike umbrella cra her ike the legs oi SPIDER
II heavy work Of moving back the bolt was performed
by stout fixed projection Oh the stump and tdese arms,
which we've very simply ana admirably connected,
only necessary to detach the t1bes or doSgioS
Levels Tie ext. nded through MITIGATE passages
in u revolving ring or cylinder, which in turn c0n'd
only be moved by fixing IN the required po:ti )n Ger
ia n parts which pressed by the enf oil the Key
Their. were splnGs constantly stirling 70 'at1r .ne
the bot vas btd by lever The locking Vas per-
imed tcihOut tie ddot Tie Fey, by simply pressing
II srnh button or flesh knob the face Of the lock-
which kl ob communicated with the ast named ever,
and detarding it, allowed the bolt to spring at once
into cckeo position In answer to inquiry whether
this lock was III p,ckabe, Mr.. ). explained thai every
iock which contained q. pew and inpOtI ot principle
was always atirm,d to be unpickable and astcd as
such until as the arts advanced &c was ROBBED OF that
hoIor lp this Sense, the lock now explained was ua.
PIE kable powder proof and ucapa c Of b. ing opened
by any poss. ole violence short Of its complete drs-
tIucOn. No part of it, not even the key, complex As
it appeared. required any very delicate mech .nism,
and the slight wear was 80 well distributed, and the
parts we're so well arranged that be considered the
lock lees liable 10 get ont Of order from either wear
fracture rust than any of the more expensive locks
The ingtpiou. inventor journeyman ship csrpetter,
had o,1im, need the papufa small way in bus
.bop in brooklyn, and aleady had orders for quite
uunb,r of the Sc locks to be fitted safes aud
tUuses.
The subject for the next meeting, this evening, il
that Of steam boilers.