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A door draught excluder is placed at the bottom of a door to cover the gap located at the threshold. [1] [2] In the Victorian era these draught excluders would be sausage-shaped and made from fabric stuffed with sawdust. [3] Tubular sand-filled fabric draught excluders are commonly referred to as "door snakes" in Australia.
Two mantraps (one a "humane" type) and a spring gunA mantrap is a mechanical physical security device for catching poachers, art thieves and other trespassers. [1] [unreliable source?
Deadfalls and Snares is one of Harding's Pleasure & Profit Books.First published in 1907, is an instructional book for trappers on the art of building deadfalls from logs, boards and rocks, and making snares and toss poles, for catching all types of furbearers, such as skunk, opossum, raccoon, mink, marten and bear, and coop traps for catching wild turkey and quail.
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Ralph Waldo Emerson is credited (apparently incorrectly) with the oft-quoted phrase advocating innovation: "Build a better mousetrap, and the world will beat a path to your door." The Mousetrap is a popular play by Agatha Christie. Mousetraps are a staple of slapstick comedy and animated cartoons.
In a manual mantrap, a guard locks and unlocks each door in sequence. An intercom and/or video camera are often used to allow the guard to control the trap from a remote location. In an automatic mantrap, identification may be required for each door, sometimes even different measures for each door.
A side-door bottle trap, with a small opening A side-door bottle trap consists of a capped plastic bottle with a "door" cut into one side, near the top. A simple curve or rectangle shape is cut out, taking care that it stays attached to the bottle on its upside.
Live in Detroit is a double CD live album by the American rock band the Doors. It was recorded at the Cobo Arena in Detroit on May 8, 1970 during the band's 1970 Roadhouse Blues Tour. It was released on October 23, 2000 on Rhino Records. [2] [3] The concert is one of the longest live performances by the Doors.