Thread: Science I was thinking about doors tonight.
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Old 07-03-2014, 10:41 AM   #16
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Originally Posted by AustinChief View Post
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.
I've seen a lot of people hook up wooden gates for their back yard like that.
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