The History of the Toilet
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The History of the Toilet By Will Gilmore 9/13/13
Going Inside
02500 BC- Harappan peoples created the first indoor toilet
0The toilets, which do not flush, empty into a brick-lined sewer system
Royal Flush
01500 BC: Plumbers on the Greek island of Crete install the world's first flush toilet in the queen's bathroom
0An earthquake destroys the royal house around 1400 AC. It will be many centuries before toilet technology rises to this level again.
Really Public Bathrooms
0800 BC- In Rome, construction of the Cloaca Maxima takes place
0Enormous sewer system that carries the city's waste to the Tiber River
011,000 seats are lined up in rectangular rooms
This Job is the Pits
0Many Europeans are doing their business in out houses
0Shacks positioned above deep holes0Man drowns in his own outhouse
Heads Up
01500- Many Europeans relieve themselves in a chamber pot
0Throw it out the window shouting “Gardy-Loo!”
A Charmin’ Idea
01857: Joseph Gayetty intro[deuces] toilet paper0Prior to this people used whatever was available to
them
Bathroom Reading
01672-Devoted readers can buy chamber pots that have places for books to be held.
Stop Making Scents
01775-Alexander Cummings creates the S-trap0Lets the poop go down, and keeps the smell down too
Sculptured Seats
01885-Thomas Twyford creates the first all-ceramic toilet
0Many have them molded into interesting shapes
Minding Your Business
01999- Matsushita creates a toilet that is smarter than you are
0World domination expected soon