lock-making

In respect to lock-making, there can scarcely be such a thing as dishonesty of intention: the inventor produces a lock which he honestly thinks will possess such and such qualities; and he declares his belief to the world.

The Fortune Cookie File from Karl Lehenbauer Part 5 1989

Unfortunately he showed too much predilection for the mechanical arts; masonry and lock-making so delighted him that he admitted into his private apartment a common locksmith, with whom he made keys and locks; and his hands, blackened by that sort of work, were often, in my presence, the subject of remonstrances and even sharp reproaches from the Queen, who would have chosen other amusements for her husband.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

It was there that the infamous Gamin, who afterwards accused the King of having tried to poison him, and was rewarded for his calumny with a pension of twelve thousand livres, taught him the art of lock-making.

Court Memoirs of France Series — Complete Various

He liked to shoot deer from out the palace window, or to play at lock-making in his royal carpentry shop.

A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. Carlton J. H. Hayes 1923

The king has been fond of lock-making, something of the craft Gamain has taught him, and the king has shared a secret with him.

The Light That Lures Percy James Brebner 1893

Such was life in France in the world of the wealthy and the world of want; while Louis drank Dubarry's health; while Marie Antoinette longed for her childhood home, and the Dauphin busied himself with geography, lock-making, and clock-repairing.

The Arena Volume 4, No. 23, October, 1891 Various 1888

"Am I to understand," I finally inquired, "that handwriting, and the reading of it, like lock-making, is a lost art?"

Equality Edward Bellamy 1874

Bramah had several long interviews with him, with the object of endeavouring to solve the difficult problem of how to secure precise workmanship in lock-making.

Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863

In conducting the manufacture throughout, Bramah was greatly assisted by Henry Maudslay, his foreman, to whom he was in no small degree indebted for the contrivance of those tool-machines which enabled him to carry on the business of lock-making with advantage and profit.

Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863

Under a régime of this stamp there is a want of air; some opening has to be found; Louis XV availed himself of the chase and of suppers; Louis XVI of the chase and of lock-making.

The Ancient Regime Hippolyte Taine 1860