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Water Table - Similar to a drip cap in function, sometimes found around the perimeter of a house near the ground line.

 


Water Closet- A room which contains a flush toilet, usually accompanied by a washbowl or sink. The term may also be used to refer specifically to a flush toilet. Colloquially a water closte may also mean the same thing as a half bath.

Water Closet, W.C - A toilet fitment usually made of vitreous china. The two main types of WC Pan are the Washdown and the siphonic closet, which have a flushing rim, a seat and cover, and can stand on a pedestal or be wall hung ...

From various sources, including his own innovative imagination, came indoor water closets,s peaking tubes, dumb waiters, hot air furnaces, hotwater heaters, and ventilators.

And then there's the bathroom. Although indoor plumbing was available at the turn of the century, the bathrooms (called water closets in Victorian days) were usually cramped by today's standards.
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In some a sort of water closet is constructed above the entrance.' The city has retained this triangular configuration into recent times although new houses have been built around the central core.

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