Linus Yale Jr. was born on April 4, 1821.
Linus Yale Jr. was born on April 4, 1821.
Linus Yale Jr. was born on April 4, 1821 and died on December 25, 1868. Linus Yale Jr. would have been 47 years old at the time of death or 194 years old today.
Linus Yale Jr. died on December 25, 1868 at the age of 47.
Linus Yale Jr. died on December 25, 1868 at the age of 47.
The Yale Lock The Yale Lock
Linus Yale, Jr., was married to Catherine Brooks 14-Sep-1844. His father, Linus Yale, Sr, was married to Chlotilda Hopson 27-Sep-1815.
Linus Yale Jr. invented the the measuring cylinder
I think that Linus Yale Jr. was a lock manufacturer and patented the cylinder lock in 1861.
Yale is a manufacturer of security products. They were founded by Linus Yale, Jr., who invented the pin tumbler lock which bears his name. It has been purchased by Swedish manufacturer, Assa Abloy.
Elihu Yale donated money for it
Linus Yale, Sr., didn't invent the lock. The oldest known lock was found by archeologists in the Khorsabad palace ruins near Nineveh. That lock was estimated to be 4,000 years old. It was a forerunner to a pin tumbler type of lock, and a common Egyptian lock for the time. Linus Yale re-invented a pin-tumbler lock in 1848. Linus Yale Jr. patented a new improved cylinder pin-tumbler lock in 1861.
Linus Yale, Sr., didn't invent the lock. The oldest known lock was found by archeologists in the Khorsabad palace ruins near Nineveh. That lock was estimated to be 4,000 years old. It was a forerunner to a pin tumbler type of lock, and a common Egyptian lock for the time. Linus Yale re-invented a pin-tumbler lock in 1848. Linus Yale Jr. patented a new improved cylinder pin-tumbler lock in 1861.