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Eli Whitney Blake, American inventor, invented the Mortise lock (born 1795)
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Eli Whitney Blake
American inventor
Eli Whitney Blake, Sr. was an American inventor, best known for his mortise lock and stone-crushing machine, the latter of which earned him a place into the National Inventors Hall of Fame.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Mortise lock
Lock with mortise cut into doorjamb
A mortise lock is a lock that requires a pocket—the mortise—to be cut into the edge of the door or piece of furniture into which the lock is to be fitted. Mortise lock describes only a method of fitting the lock, and says nothing about the quality or key mechanism.Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)