“All other paper is poisonous,” Gayetty asserted. Paper bearing printed ... toilet paper rolls in ads goes back at least to 1886.) On April 9, 1889, Oliver Hewlett Hicks, of Chicago, received ...

And now, thanks to a patent for perforated toilet paper from 1891, we officially have our answer. Spotted by The Huffington Post, writer Owen Williams discovered a picture of the original patent ...

This "new evidence" is actually very old evidence. The topic of conversation is a patent from 1891 with the dull title "Wrapping or toilet paper roll." Inventor Seth Wheeler of Albany, New York ...

The debate is so over. The age-old argument about whether toilet paper should go “over or under” has been apparently been settled by an 1891 patent unearthed by one writer. And it’s over.

E. Irvin and Clarence Scott, famously known as the Scott Brothers, put toilet paper on a roll for easier dispensing in 1890. Wheeler followed up with a patent to perforate that more private paper ...

It's typically a matter of personal preference... that is, until now. Writer Owen Williams recently came across the original 1891 patent for modern toilet paper. As you can see, it's supposed to go ...

According to an 1891 patent for toilet paper filed by one Seth Wheeler of Albany, New York, the hanging end of the roll should be on the outside, or in the 'over' position. Take that, 'under' people!

According to the patent for perforated toilet paper, it is… Drum roll, please… OVER. The free edge of any roll of toilet paper should hang over the roll, not under it. You know what this means ...

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. The enduring debate over whether the toilet paper should go over or under the roll is at last settled with the emergence of an 1891 ...

Rolling toilet paper must therefore be an exact science of velocity and tension, which he approached with a 3D printed shaft that mounts a toilet roll tube in a Ryobi drill. Getting the tension ...

The answer of how the toilet paper is supposed to hang may lie with New York businessman Seth Wheeler, who filed an 1891 patent for the toilet paper roll. Tech reporter Owen Williams tweeted a ...

According to this 1891 patent from New York businessman Seth Wheeler, toilet paper was originally designed to have the paper sitting ON TOP of the toilet roll. Writer Owen Williams found The ...