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System for locking doors
Single-point locking is a locking system in cabinet doors where locking takes places only at the point halfway up the edge of the door, where the latch engages with the doorjamb. The term is most often used in items like lockers, where it is contrasted with the much more secure three-point locking, which uses movable rods to secure the top and bottom of the door when the door is locked, and the term is not normally used in situations where single-point locking is the only option normally found. Wikipedia →
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- Read the overview: Single-point lockingA 5-minute orientation
- Pick up a classic book: The Return of Sherlock HolmesThe most-reprinted book on the subject
- Read the landmark paper: Drying behavior and locking point of single droplets containing functional oilCited 39 times
- Go sideways: LockerA closely related topic
- Go sideways: Three-point lockingA closely related topic
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đź“š Books worth reading
The Return of Sherlock HolmesArthur Conan Doyle · 1903
Sherlock Holmes (Adventures of Sherlock Holmes / Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes [11 stories] / Return of Sherlock Holmes)Arthur Conan Doyle · 1928- 📕Mechanical Railway SignallingH. Raynar Wilson · 1909
Short Stories (Case-Book of Sherlock Holmes / His Last Bow / Return of Sherlock Holmes)Arthur Conan Doyle · 2005
The Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ReaderArthur Conan Doyle, Jeffrey Meyers · 2002
Six Great Sherlock Holmes Stories (Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Engineer's Thumb / Adventure of the Speckled Band / Final Problem / Red-headed League / Scandal in Bohemia)Arthur Conan Doyle · 1992
The Valley of Fear and Selected Cases (Adventure of Black Peter / Adventure of Charles Augustus Milverton / Adventure of the Abbey Grange / Adventure of the Bruce-Partington Plans / Adventure of the Dancing Men / Adventure of the Dying Detective / Adventure of the Empty House / Adventure of the Six Napoleons / Disappearance of Lady Frances Carfax / His Last Bow / Valley of Fear)Arthur Conan Doyle · 2001
The Best of Sherlock Holmes [20 stories]Arthur Conan Doyle · 1998
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