锁链,公元前225年的发明[1],是由连接件组成的串联组件,这些链节通常由金属制成,其总体特性与绳索相似,具有柔韧性和弯曲性,但同时亦具备刚性和承重能力,可以用于拖拉重物如船锚或配以挂锁将物件上锁。

金属制的锁链

参考

  1. ^ As early as 225 BC, chain was used to draw a bucket of water up from a well. This very early bucket chain was composed of connected metal rings.Tsubakimoto Chain Co. (编). The Complete Guide to Chain. Kogyo Chosaki Publishing Co., Ltd. 1997: 240 [17 May 2006]. ISBN 0-9658932-0-0. p. 211. (原始内容存档于2018-09-02). 

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