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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.
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History Of The Toilet By:KatherineHahn 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 • ThomsTwvford: 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