The Century of Inventions of the Marquis of Worcester / from the Original MS., with Historical and Explanatory Notes and a Biographical Memoir

by Marquis of Edward Somerset Worcester

No. LXXIV.

A door, whereof the turning of a key, with the help and motion of the handle, makes the hinges to be of either side, and to open either inward or outward, as one is to enter or to go out, or to open in half.

NOTE.

By making the handle act on a lever communicating with the hinges, they may be raised from their sockets on the required side; and to open in half, it is merely necessary to joint them in the centre.