Boyd's directory of the District of Columbia (1876)
Washington, D.C. : W.H. Boyd · leaf 53
ibility with any other closet in the market. The ventilating neck is placed entirely upon the cover, and may be directed toward the flue : the cover plate being secured by hook bolts engaging with an annular rim groove. The cement groove and the rib on the cover fitting therein insures a tight… … In setting closets in old buildings where it is necessary to place the soil pipe above the floor, it is usually necessary to place the closets upon platforms. To obviate this incon- venience I have a side-delivery con- tainer, represented in fig. 8, with porcelain bowl.
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