Military Plumbing - Throwback Thursday: The flushing toilet was invented in 1596 by Sir John Harington, an English courtier and the godson of Queen Elizabeth I. This is where we get the
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Robert Peake the Elder | Henry Frederick (1594–1612), Prince of Wales, with Sir John Harington (1592–1614), in the Hunting Field | The Metropolitan Museum of Art
![Water Closet Sir John Harington 1596 the Elizabethan design from his discourse on the Metamorphosis of Ajax Stock Photo - Alamy Water Closet Sir John Harington 1596 the Elizabethan design from his discourse on the Metamorphosis of Ajax Stock Photo - Alamy](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/ANP8BK/water-closet-sir-john-harington-1596-the-elizabethan-design-from-his-ANP8BK.jpg)
Water Closet Sir John Harington 1596 the Elizabethan design from his discourse on the Metamorphosis of Ajax Stock Photo - Alamy
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