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Tue, 07.23.1889

The First Lock Improvement is Patented

Lock Blueprint

On this date in 1889, W. A. Martin, African American inventor, patented the lock. This device was an improvement over the 4000-year-old bolt invented by the Chinese.

Martin's lock consisted of a cylinder and spiral spring, coiled around a metal pin. It was the forerunner of modern door locks.

The Patent number is #407,738 7/23/1889

New Poem Each Day

Poetry Corner

My Daddy has paid the rent and the insurance man is gone and the lights is back on and my uncle Brud has hit for one dollar straight and they is good times good times good... GOOD TIMES by Lucille Clifton.
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