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"closets, and among the more intelligent thinking people it is already 

 " being considerably patronized. The greatest obstacle it will en- 

 " counter is prejudice, the great enemy of progress, but we are con- 

 *' fident that any such prejudice must be eventually overcome by 

 '' the irresistible logic of facts. The use the improved earth closet 

 " will at once receive in sick-rooms, from which it will eliminate one 

 *' of the greatest annoyances, will open the eyes of the public to its 

 " more extended advantages. 



Fig. IC4. 



" The patent on this invention was granted to Rev. Henry 



" Moule and Henry John Girdlestone, residents of England, 



"through the Scientific American Patent Agency, on the 15th 



"of June, 1869. A company has been formed in this country, 



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