Patent Model - Improvement in Apparatus for Bathing
Maker and role
Warren Wasson (b.1833, d.1896), Patentee
Production date
Feb 04 1879
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Media/Materials
Iron, rubber, wood
Measurements
12 x 6 3/4 x 6" (30.5 x 17.1 x 15.2cm)
Description
Wasson's patent "relates to that class of processes and apparatus for bathing by means of a shower, stream, or douche bath; and has for its object to furnish a continuous shower, stream, or douche bath for any desired length of time with the same liquid, and without addition, waste, or loss of liquid, said shower, stream, or douche to be under the positive and instantaneous control of the bather; as to quantity, force, direction, and duration, said bath to have economical, cleansing, health-restoring, and heath-preserving peculiarities." (Patent Number 211,874)
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Object number
2015.14.2783a-e
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