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07-03-2014, 01:04 AM | #2 |
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I had a similar train of thought the other day.. but on door knobs. So I looked up the history of door fasteners and it's pretty interesting. Apparently before door knobs, latch strings were all the rage. You put an interior latch on the door then drilled a hole in the door and left the string hanging outside. You could then pull the string in when you were inside to "lock" the door.
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Fascinating. Now that you mention it, latches are an important part of a door. Once you invented the door and the hinge, the latch is necessary to keep wind, animals, and barbarians from just pushing it open.
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I don't think I'll get one by leaving my door open tonight however.
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I believe it's accepted as fact that cavemen used boulders in front of their caves. Boulders don't need latches either. You just roll them back-and-forth.
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But if they didn't have latches, couldn't they just roll back? Maybe the first latches were just small rocks that chocked the boulders in place.
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