Chaucer mentions a pet door in The Miller’s Tale, written in the 1300’s. There is a phony idea that Isaac Newton invented it, but the Chaucer reference predates him by about two centuries. The Newton story conveniently conflates having a pet door with inventing it.
Chaucer mentions a pet door in The Miller’s Tale, written in the 1300’s. There is a phony idea that Isaac Newton invented it, but the Chaucer reference predates him by about two centuries. The Newton story conveniently conflates having a pet door with inventing it.