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The Bath Tub and Its Long History Across Cultures
A survey traces bathing through civilizations from ancient Greece and Rome to India and Egypt, debunking the 1846 Cincinnati inventor myth. It notes Franklin’s early advocacy, the shift from wooden to claw foot to built in tubs, and contrasts Japanese wooden tubs with Western plumbing progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elmo Scott Watson
Adam Thompson
Cincinnati
Ohio City
Henry J. Mencken
American Mercury
Mencken
New York
Thompson
America
Andrew Jackson
White House
Madison
United States
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
J. Henry Smythe, Jr
Frederick A. Stokes Company
John Adams
Philadelphia
Liao
Schuylkill
Americ
British Museum
Babylon
Mesopotamia
Minos
Crete
Mogul
India
Christ
Great Seale
Greece
Lycurgus
Rome
Isabella
Spain
Miles
Catherine the Great
Russia
Henry IV
England
Order of the Bath
Jean Paul Marat
Marat