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History Of the toilet

History Of the toilet. By: Stillman Cunningham. Going inside . About 2500 BC, first known indoor toilets No flushing toilets Most toilet technology will take place in Europe. Royal Flush . Plumbers from Crete installed the world’s first flush toilet in the queen’s bathroom

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History Of the toilet

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  1. History Of the toilet By: Stillman Cunningham

  2. Going inside • About 2500 BC, first known indoor toilets • No flushing toilets • Most toilet technology will take place in Europe

  3. Royal Flush • Plumbers from Crete installed the world’s first flush toilet in the queen’s bathroom • Rainwater is released into the bowl and into a clay pipe • An earthquake destroyed the royal house around 1400 BC

  4. Really Public Bathrooms • Around 800 BC in Rome, Cloaca Maxima is under construction • 11,000 seats are lined up along stone henches • Sponges on the end of a stick were used for wiping

  5. This Job is the Pits • Pits were built to collect peoples waiste • Outhouse cleaner, Richard the Raker falls through a rotten floor and drowns in his waiste

  6. Heads Up • City dwellers relieved themselves in a chamber pot. • When throwing out the filled bowl, people who yell “Gardy Loo” • Yelling “Gardy Loo” was to warn people who were walking below

  7. A Charmin’ Idea • Joseph Gayetty introduced toilet paper • Each sheet had Gayetty’s signature • Before toilet paper, people used pages from catalogs

  8. Bathroom Reading • Readers sometimes bought disguised chamber pots • Some disguised chamber pots as a stack of books • The stack of books diguise is one of the most popular modes in France

  9. Stop Making Scents • Alexander Cummings made a device known as the S-trap • In 1775 the modern flushing toilet in created • The S-trap keeps the bowl filled with water

  10. Sculptured Seats • Thomas Twyford introduced the Unitas • Ceramic toilets eliminated smelly wood and metal models • Many ceramic toilets gotten designed

  11. Minding Your Business • The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company produces smart toilets • High-tech bowl measures your body weight and body fat • Sensors on the toilet can analyze your health

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