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History of the Toilet

History of the Toilet. Charlee Moss 5/13/13. Going Inside. 2500 Bc : The Harappan city dwellers of the Indus Valley build the earliest known indoor toilets. Toilets do not flush E mpty into a brick-lined sewer system. Royal Flush.

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History of the Toilet

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  1. History of the Toilet CharleeMoss 5/13/13

  2. Going Inside • 2500 Bc: The Harappan city dwellers of the Indus Valley build the earliest known indoor toilets. • Toilets do not flush • Empty into a brick-lined sewer system.

  3. Royal Flush • 1500 bc: Plumbers on island of Crete install the world's first flush toilet in the queen's bathroom.

  4. Really Public Bathrooms • 800 bc: Rome, construction of the Cloaca Maxima takes place. • Sewer system carries city's waste to Tiber River • Citizens use public toilets built above sewer. • Only a sponge on end of a stick Roman latrine-users have to share.

  5. This Job is the Pits • 1300 AD: Europeans do business in outhouses • English outhouse cleaner, Richard the Raker • Richard falls through floor and drowns

  6. Heads Up • 1500s: Many European city¬ dwellers relieve themselves indoors in a chamber pot. • When the pot is full, toss contents out window, shouting "Gardy-loo!"

  7. A Charmin’ Idea • 1857: Joseph Gayetty of New York introduces toilet paper. • Each sheet is printed with Gayetty's signature. • People used whatever they could find

  8. Bathroom Reading • 1672: Devoted readers can buy a chamber pot disguised as a stack of books • One of the most popular models of chamber pots in France.

  9. Stop Making Scents • 1775: An English watchmaker Alexander Cummings makes S-trap • Avalve that keeps the bowl filled with water. • Allows poop to go down without letting smells come up.

  10. Sculptured Seats • 1885: Englishman Thomas Twyford introduces the Unitas • First one-Piece, all-ceramic toilet • eliminates leaky joints These ceramic toilets are covered with decorations

  11. Minding Your Business • 1999: The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company of Japan previews high-tech bowl • Measures your weight and body-fat content

  12. Fun Facts • The toilet handle in a public restroom can have up to 40,000 germs per square inch. • King George II of Great Britain died falling off a toilet on the 25th of October 1760 • We use an average of 57 sheets of toilet paper a day.

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