When Was the Cat Flap Invented?

The cat flap is also such a simple invention that many historians suspect it was invented far earlier than 1700. In fact, Geoffrey Chaucer described a primitive cat flap in “The Miller's Tale” from his Canterbury Tales collection which was published in the late 14th century.

Why did Isaac create a cat door?

After Newton's death, his story became encrusted with the usual legends. According to a 2011 history of Trinity, “Newton mythology has it that he invented the cat flap in order to allow his cat to leave his rooms without disturbing the light while he conducted experiments into optics.

Who discovered the cat flap?

The cat flap, besides being especially popular in Britain, has claims to be our invention; by Isaac Newton, no less, who cut a hole in the door to his Cambridge rooms to allow his cat to come and go without interrupting the Newtonian cogitations. He then cut a smaller hole for its kittens.