At what time did the Chinese began to use locks?
By "locks" I am not talking about rope knots or any normal wooden/metal bars. I am talking about the locks that actually involve the insertion of keys and require a relatively higher degree of mechanism.
Use of Chinese Mechanical Locks
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, Oct 13 2010 12:47 PM
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Posted 13 October 2010 - 12:47 PM
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Posted 31 March 2011 - 10:41 PM
At what time did the Chinese began to use locks?
By "locks" I am not talking about rope knots or any normal wooden/metal bars. I am talking about the locks that actually involve the insertion of keys and require a relatively higher degree of mechanism.
Late Han seems to be about the time we find evidence of mechanical locks. One source I found stated "it is clear that padlocks with ward springs on the shackle have been used by emperors and wealthy officials from the Jin era (265–420 AD) on", http://www.historica...ocks-in-China/. Same source said that this was slightly later than the Romans, and speculated that the Chinese may have indirectly gotten the knowledge from them.
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Posted 31 March 2011 - 11:14 PM
Late Han seems to be about the time we find evidence of mechanical locks. One source I found stated "it is clear that padlocks with ward springs on the shackle have been used by emperors and wealthy officials from the Jin era (265–420 AD) on", http://www.historica...ocks-in-China/. Same source said that this was slightly later than the Romans, and speculated that the Chinese may have indirectly gotten the knowledge from them.
That's cool. Thanks for the answer.
"I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark Twain
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