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54 Zempoala Aqueduct. From an old print 72

55 The Oldest Bathroom in the World 76

56 Savery's Engine 77

57 Newcomen's Engine 78

58 Pump House, Philadelphia 79

59 Wooden Boilers used in Philadelphia Water Supply 80

60 Bored-out Log Pipe, used in British Columbia 81

61 Valve for Wooden Pipes used in Philadelphia Water Supply 82

62 Hydrant for Wooden Pipes used in Philadelphia Water Supply 82

63 Modern Vertical Triple-Expansion Pumping Engine 83

64 Aqueduct Crossing the Alcantara Valley 84

65 Bathing and Burning Hindu Dead at Benares 90

66 Map Showing Relation of Cholera and the Broad Street Pump 92

67 York Survey of the Broad Street Pump 101

68 The Fountain of Elisha 108

69 Map Showing Location of Cases of Cholera in Hamburg and Altona 110

70 New York Public Baths 118

71 Bathroom of the Early Seventies 119

72 One Stage in the Evolution of the Porcelain Enameled Bath 120

73 A Slop Sink of Long Ago 120

74 Bath Tub Encased in Woodwork 121

75 An Old Marble-Top Lavatory 121

76 A Modern Porcelain Enameled Lavatory 122

77 Present Stage in the Evolution of Porcelain Enameled Baths 123

78 A Twentieth Century Bathroom 124

STATVARY FOVND IN THE BATHS OF TITVS

This group of statuary is now in the Vatican, Rome]

SYNOPSIS OF CHAPTER. Sanitation of Primitive Man—Early Wells—Rebekah at the Well—Joseph's Well—The Rancho Chack.

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