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A bored cylindrical lock is one in which two holes are bored, perpendicular to one another, into the door. A large hole is bored into the door face and a smaller crossbore hole is bored into the door edge, as opposed to a mortise lock prep cut into the edge of the door. Typically, the face hole is sized from 1.5 inches to 2.125 inches (3.8 to 5.4 cm) and is centered at 2.375 inches or 2.75 inches (6.0 cm or 7.0 cm) from the leading edge of the door, this distance is referred to as the backset. Other, less popular, backsets are at 3.75 and 5 inches (9.5 and 12.7 cm). Residential doors are normally prepared for a 2.375 inch (6.0 cm) backset and commercial doors at a 2.75 inch (7 cm) backset.

History

The cylindrical lock was invented by Walter Schlage in 1909.

The bored cylindrical lock arose from a need for a more cost-effective method of locking doors. The previous norm, the mortise lock, is a more complex device, and its higher manufacturing cost as well as its more labor intensive installation make the bored cylindrical lock an ideal substitute, both in price and functionality.

Currently

The great majority of locks now in use on residences in North America are a variation of the cylindrical lock and are known as tubular chassis locks. Generally, they are not as strong as a cylindrical lock.

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The Oswego Canal is a canal in the New York State Canal System located in New York, United States. Opened in 1828, it is 23.7 miles (38.1 km) in length, and connects the Erie Canal at Three Rivers to Lake Ontario. The canal has a depth of 14 ft (4.2 m), with seven locks spanning the 118 ft (36 m) change in elevation.

Locks

The following list of locks are provided for the current canal, from upstream (south) to downstream (north):

Note: There is no Lock 4 on the canal.

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Monospace may refer to:

In typography

• Monospace font, fixed-width typefaces whose glyphs have the same width
• Monospace (font), a computer font which carries said characteristic

Other

• Monospace or one-box car, a style of automobile body, that doesn’t feature clearly distinguishable ‘boxes’ for the engine, passenger and luggage compartments, like a three-box design.

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Carry On may refer to:

An album:

• Carry On (Chris Cornell album), a 2007 album
• Carry On (Crosby, Stills & Nash album), a 1998 compilation album
• Carry On (Kansas album), a 1992 compilation album
• Carry On (Bobby Caldwell album), a 1982 album by Bobby Caldwell
• Carry On (Pat Green album), a 2000 album by Pat Green

A song:

• “Carry On”, by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young from the 1970 album Déjà Vu
• “Carry On”, by Diana Ross from the 1999 album Every Day Is a New Day
• “Carry On”, by Angra from the 1993 album Angels Cry
• “Carry On”, by Manowar from the 1987 album Fighting the World
• “Carry On”, by Soul Asylum from the 1986 album While You Were Out

Other:

• Carry On films, a series of British comedy films
• Carry On, a book by Coningsby Dawson

Carry on may also be:

• Luggage that is carried into the passenger compartment of various forms of transport

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The Warsaw Convention is an international convention which regulates liability for international carriage of persons, luggage or goods performed by aircraft for reward.

Originally signed in 1929 in Warsaw (hence the name), it was amended in 1955 at The Hague and in 1975 in Montreal. United States courts have held that, at least for some purposes, the Warsaw Convention is a different instrument from the Warsaw Convention as Amended by the Hague Protocol.

In particular, the Warsaw Convention:

• mandates carriers to issue passenger tickets;
• requires carriers to issue baggage checks for checked luggage;
• creates a limitation period of 2 years within which a claim must be brought (Article 29); and
• sets a carrier’s liability to at least:
  • 250,000 Francs or 16,600 Special Drawing Rights (SDR) for personal injury;
  • 17 SDR per kilogram for checked luggage and cargo,
  • 5,000 Francs or 332 SDR for the hand luggage of a traveller.

The sums limiting liability were originally given in Francs (defined in terms of a particular quantity of gold by article 22 paragraph 5 of the convention). These sums were amended by the Montreal Additional Protocol No. 2 to substitute an expression given in terms of SDR’s. These sums are valid in the absence of a differing agreement (on a higher sum) with the carrier. Agreements on lower sums are null and void.

On April 1, 2007, the exchange rate was 1.00 SDR = 1.135 EUR or
1.00 SDR = 1.51 USD.

A court may also award a claiming party’s costs, unless the carrier made an offer within 6 months of the loss (or at least 6 months before the beginning of any legal proceedings) which the claiming party has failed to beat.

The Montreal Convention, signed in 1999, will replace the Warsaw Convention system, once Montreal has been ratified by all states. Until then, however, there will be a patchwork of rules governing international carriage by air, as different states will be parties to different agreements (or no agreement at all).

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The River Thames falls 234 feet from Lechlade to Sea Level. Over the centuries the flow of water and the danger of flooding has been controlled by a series of Weirs on the River Thames. Weirs, however, presented an obstacle to navigation and to solve this problem Locks on the Thames were built alongside the weirs enabling boats to be moved easily up to the next higher level.

Locks were often built adjacent to islands and so are often situated in remote locations. Those close to main roads and towns tended to become magnets for spectators, while others are very difficut to find. When the motive power was provided by horses, a towpath was needed on the bank side. This towpath has formed the basis for the Thames Path.

There are 45 locks on the Thames. In upstream to downstream order, from source to sea, they are:

• St John’s Lock — the highest lock on the river
• Buscot Lock
• Grafton Lock
• Radcot Lock
• Rushey Lock
• Shifford Lock
• Northmoor Lock
• Pinkhill Lock
  
• Eynsham Lock
• King’s Lock
• Godstow Lock
  
• Osney Lock
• Iffley Lock
• Sandford Lock
• Abingdon Lock
• Culham Lock
• Clifton Lock
• Day’s Lock
• Benson Lock
• Cleeve Lock
• Goring Lock
• Whitchurch Lock
• Mapledurham Lock
• Caversham Lock
• Sonning Lock
• Shiplake Lock
• Marsh Lock
• Hambleden Lock
• Hurley Lock
• Temple Lock
• Marlow Lock
• Cookham Lock
• Boulter’s Lock
• Bray Lock
• Boveney Lock
• Romney Lock
• Old Windsor Lock
• Bell Weir Lock
• Penton Hook Lock
• Chertsey Lock
• Shepperton Lock
• Sunbury Lock
• Molesey Lock
• Teddington Lock — the last lock before the river becomes tidal
• Richmond Lock — on the tidal Thames. Owned and operated by the Port of London Authority

Additionally, Blake’s Lock is located on a reach of the River Kennet that is administered as part of the River Thames, and is often counted as a Thames Lock.

All the locks on the Thames (including Blake’s Lock) are manned and, except for Richmond Lock, are owned and operated by the Environment Agency. The Environment Agency still has the two responsibilities of managing the flow of water to control flooding, and providing for navigation.

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A bahut is a portable coffer or chest, with a rounded lid covered in leather, garnished with nails, once used for the transport of clothes or other personal luggage, it was, in short, the original portmanteau. This ancient receptacle, of which mention is made as early as the 14th century — its traditional form is still preserved in many varieties of the travelling trunk — sometimes had its leather covering richly ornamented, and occasionally its interior was divided into compartments; but whatever the details of its construction it was always readily portable. Towards the end of the 17th century the name fell into disuse, and was replaced by coffer, which probably accounts for its misuse by the French romantic writers of the early 19th century. They applied it to almost any antique sideboard, cupboard or wardrobe, and its use became hopelessly confused.

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Fobney Lock is a lock on the River Kennet in the Small Mead area of Reading in the English county of Berkshire.

Fobney Lock was built between 1718 and 1723 under the supervision of the engineer John Hore of Newbury, and this stretch of the river is now administered by British Waterways and known as the Kennet Navigation. It has a rise/fall of 7 ft 8 in (2.24 m).

There have been ongoing plans to turn Fobney Island, adjacent to the lock, into a wetlands nature reserve.

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Rowde is a village and civil parish in the English county of Wiltshire.

History

The village now mainly consists of modern brick built houses, but a number of 17th century buildings still remain in the centre of the village including the George and Dragon public house. The George and Dragon was predated in the village by another pub, a timber framed thatched building that was destroyed by fire in 1938, a replacement The Cross Keys now stands in its place.

On the outskirts of Rowde is the site of the Caen Hill flight of locks of the Kennet and Avon Canal. The canal rises 237 feet by means of 29 locks, 16 of them in a straight line at Caen Hill. The Kennet and Avon Canal was constructed between 1794 and 1810 and served to link Devizes with Bristol and London. The canal fell into disuse after the coming of the railway, but has been restored, and is now used for leisure purposes.

Local government

Rowde is a civil parish with an elected parish council. It falls within the areas of Kennet District Council and Wiltshire County Council. All three councils are responsible for different aspects of local government.

In the 2001 census, the district ward of Bromham & Rowde had a population of 2880.

Location

Position:

Nearby towns and cities: Devizes, Calne, Melksham, Chippenham, Swindon

Nearby villages: Bromham, Seend

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Miraflores is the name of one of the three locks that form part of the Panama Canal and the name of the small lake that separates these locks from the Pedro Miguel locks upstream. In the Miraflores locks, vessels are lifted (or lowered) in three stages totalling 8 m, allowing them to transit to or from the Pacific Ocean port of Balboa (near Panama City). Ships cross below the Puente de las Américas (Bridge of the Americas) which connects North and South America.

As of 2005, the following schedule was in effect for ship transit through the locks. From 06:00 to 15:15, ships travel from the Pacific towards the Atlantic. From 15:45 to 23:00 ships travel from the Atlantic towards the Pacific. At any other time, travel is permitted in both directions,

A modern visitor center allows tourists to have a full view of the Miraflores locks operation. Binoculars are recommended to also see the Pedro Miguel locks, visible in the distance. As of 2005, admittance to the visitors center costs US$5 (observation terrace) or $8 (supporting exhibits and show added). Viewing a transit operation at the center can take more than 30 minutes. A souvernirs shop in the base level sells related merchandise. The center closes at 17:00.

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