Water Closet. From Sir John Harington The Metamorphosis of Ajax, 1556. Harrington installed a water closet in his house near Bath in 1589, and recomme

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Water Closet. From Sir John Harington The Metamorphosis of Ajax, 1556. Harrington installed a water closet in his house near Bath in 1589, and recommended it should be flushed once a day. Woodcut.

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