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History of the Toilet
By: Elisa CorsiniApril 10, 2013
Going Inside
2500 BC- Harappa city dwellers built indoor toilets
Non-flushable toilets empty into a sewer system
1500 BC – The technology is lost during an invasion
Advances in toilets take place in Europe
Royal Flush
1500 BC- Plumbers of Crete installed a flushable toilet for the Queen
When flushed, the rainwater fills the bowl and the contents empty through clay pipes
1400 AC- Earthquake destroyed the palace
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Really Public Bathrooms
800 BC- Cloaca Maxima construction in Rome Sewer System that carried waste to Tiber
River Toilets made above sewers 11,000 toilets lined in rectangular rooms– no
privacy To wipe they used ONE sponge at the end of
a stick
This Job is the Pits
1300 AD- Europeans used outhouses and sheds with a seat built over a hole in the ground
While cleaning, Richard the Racer fell through the hole and drown
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Heads Up
1500- Indoor toilets called chamber pots
When the bowl is full, the waste gets tossed out the window
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A Charmin’ Idea
1857- New Yorker Joseph Gayetty introduced toilet paper
Each sheet had Gayetty’s signature Before toilet paper, people used
whatever they could find
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Bathroom Reading
1672- Devoted but busy readers could buy chamber pots disguised as a stack of books
Stop Making Scents
1775- Alexander Cummings created S-traps- a modern flushable toilet
The S-trap allows waste to go down taking the smell with it
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Sculptured Seats
1885- Thomas Twyford introduced Unitas- one piece ceramic toilets
Eliminates leaky joints which caused bad smells
Many ceramic toilets take on elaborate decorations
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Minding Your Business
1999- The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company of Japan look at toilets smarter than you
High tech bowl measures weight and body-fat content
Chemical sensors analyze information regarding health
Interesting Facts
November 19th- World Toilet Day
The average person spends 3 years of their life sitting on a toilet
There are 333 squares of toilet paper in each role
Fun Toilet Facts | It Thing!