HISTORY OF THE TOILET

By:Katherine Hahn 4-3-13

Going Inside Harappan citizens built the earliest

known indoor toilets The did not flush This plumbing system was lost when the

region was invaded in 1500 BC

Royal Flush Plumbers on Crete installed the worlds

first flush toilet for the queen This was in 1500 BC An earthquake destroyed this technology

and it took until 1400 AC to be redeveloped

Really Public Bathrooms Cloaca Maxima: enormous sewer system

in Rome made in 800BC They were public toilets 11,000 seats lined up with no privacy Wipe with a shared sponge

This Job Is The Pits By 1300 AD Europeans are using

outhouses Outhouse: Seat over a deep hole in the

ground Richard Raker: English outhouse cleaner

who drowned in his own excrement cleaning his outhouse

Heads Up 1500s European city dwellers went to

the bathroom indoors in to a bowl When it was full they would toss the

contents out the window They would yell ‘Gardy-loo!’ as a warning

A Charming Idea Joseph Gayetty: From New York

introduced toilet paper in 1857 Each sheet had his signature on it Before people would use anything they

could find

Bathroom Reading 1672 a chamber pot was invented that

was disguised as a stack of books Used if you didn’t want to leave the

library to use the bathroom Popular model of chamber pots in France

Stop Making Scents Alexander Cummings: Invented the S-

trap in 1775 S-trap: valve that keeps the bowl filled

with water Birth of the modern day flush toilet Kept odor from being let out

Sculptured Seats Thoms Twvford: Invented the Unitas or

the first once piece toilet in 1885 They were ceramic toilets that caught on

quickly Covered with elaborate decorations and

shapes, especially animals

Minding Your Business The Matsushita Electronic Industrial

Company of Japan made a high-tech toiled

Measures your weight and body fat content with chemical sensors that analyze your output and form info on your heath

Will be released in a few years

Runs On…Sun? California Institute of Technology

invented the solar powered toilet It recycles water and breaks down

human waste into storable energy First totally green toilet to be made