Labels:text | book OCR: A C JOHN HARINGTON PETER HENLEIN 1561-1612 1480-1552 E F T HE MAN A G behind the LOCKSMITH, H modern toilet tank Peter Henlein was John Harington, built small clocks godson of Elizabeth I in his workshop in K HEIZO of England. Germany. Rather L Harington was a poet, but he was than powering his M also concerned about the state of the clocks with a bulky nation's toilets, which were primitive falling weight, and smelly. He invented a toilet Henlein had the P Q joined to a water-filled cistern which idea of using an unwinding spring. could be flushed by removing a plug. Henlein's portable clocks are R S He recommended that it be flushed said to have contained the earliest T. once, or preferably, twice a day. clockwork motors. W x Y Toilet Tank Clockwork Motor 7 M 1