Privies and Water Closets

Informationen zum Autor David J. Eveleigh is Director of Collections & Learning at Ironbridge Gorge Museum Trust. He is a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries and of the Museums Association and is a leading authority on the history of domestic equipment and everyday life. Klappentext Offers an introduction to the history of the toilet! tracing its development from the primitive - and very smelly - privy maiden to a one-piece! all-ceramic WC. Zusammenfassung Although Thomas Crapper is most commonly associated with the invention of the flushing toilet, his models were in fact the result of a long line of improvements to earlier designs which date back to ancient times. This book is an ideal introduction to the history of the toilet, tracing its development from the primitive and very smelly privy maiden to today's one-piece, all-ceramic WC. Illustrated with superb photographs, this book tells the story of the lavatory, from the Elizabethan era to the modern day. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction /Privy-middens /Dry Privies /Early water closet technology /Back yard water closets /The rise of the pedestal water closet /The water closet after 1900 /Further reading /Index

Product details

• Authors: David Eveleigh, David J. Eveleigh, Eveleigh David
• Publisher: SHIRE
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 10.09.2008
• EAN: 9780747807025
• ISBN: 978-0-7478-0702-5
• No. of pages: 64
• Dimensions: 142 mm x 206 mm x 5 mm
• Series: Shire Library; Shire Library
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > General, dictionaries; ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / General, History of engineering and technology, History of engineering & technology