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History of the Toilet

History of the Toilet. Breanne Taylor 4/11/13. Going inside . First known indoor toilets in 2500 BC These toilets did not flush. Royal Flush . 1500 bc : W orld's first flush toilet E arthquake destroys toilet Progress with toilet is stunted. Really Public Bathrooms.

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History of the Toilet

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  1. History of the Toilet Breanne Taylor 4/11/13

  2. Going inside • First known indoor toilets in 2500 BC • These toilets did not flush

  3. Royal Flush • 1500 bc: World's first flush toilet • Earthquake destroys toilet • Progress with toilet is stunted

  4. Really Public Bathrooms • 800 bc: Cloaca Maxima, an enormous sewer system, is constructed. • Tiber River Citizens use public toilets built above the sewer • It had 11,000 seats • Shared sponge to wipe

  5. This Job is the Pits • 1300 AD: Europeans use outhouses • One seat over a hole • Enclosed in a shed

  6. Heads Up • 1500s: Europeans use chamber pots • When the pot is full, they toss the contents out the window

  7. A Charmin’ Idea • 1857: Joseph Gayettyintroduces toilet paper. • Before this, people used whatever they could find

  8. Bathroom Reading • 1672: creation of a chamber pot disguised as a stack of books • one of the most popular models of chamber pots in France • Used in libraries

  9. Stop Making Scents • 1775: Alexander Cummings patents S-trap • First of the modern flush toilet • Keeps the bowl filled with water • Smells go down with the flush

  10. Sculptured Seats • 1885: Thomas Twyford introduces the first one-Piece, all-ceramic toilet • Eliminates the leaky joints that made earlier wood-and-metal models smelly.

  11. Minding Your Business • 1999: The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company of Japan previews a smart toilet • Measures your weight and body-fat content, and analyzes information about your health.

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