Patent toilets, 1871

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[rick-day.livejournal.com]

are those foot pegs?

Tell me the one on the left does not have foot pegs!

[mejeep.livejournal.com]

The left one does not have foot pegs. That's the water pipe, cut for illustration, and a valve.
I'm unsure what the large upper left pipe is for.

[gatepromise.livejournal.com]

I'd be so worried about falling off those things. How are am I supposed to sit...

[laurel-hardy.livejournal.com]

Uh…does No. 1 (and thank God they don't show us No. 2) have a manually operated valve to close off sewer fumes? One can only hope.

[franklanguage.livejournal.com]

Am I the only one who thinks these are totally great?

[pikkewyntjie.livejournal.com]

Sure beats a hole-in-the-ground!

[siberian-cat.livejournal.com]

A steampunk toilet, how cool!

[tanwen.livejournal.com]

Well at least they would put an end to the old "seat up, seat down" argument.