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Latches were also modeled in an idealized fashion, as if they released springs instantaneously.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2018

Latches are harder to find than springs because the latch mechanism is usually inside the animal’s body, as opposed to the easily accessible springs made of crustaceans’ outer cuticle or insects’ exoskeleton.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2018

Latches are harder to find than springs because the latch mechanism is usually inside the animal’s body, as opposed to the easily accessible springs made of crustaceans’ outer cuticle or insects’ exoskeleton.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2018

Latches were also modeled in an idealized fashion, as if they released springs instantaneously.

From Scientific American • Jun. 18, 2018

Latches do latch themselves sometimes, and that’s what this one has done now!”

From The Camp Fire Girls Solve a Mystery or, The Christmas Adventure at Carver House by Frey, Hildegard G. (Hildegard Gertrude)