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History of the Toilet

History of the Toilet. By Arturio Eason. Royal Flush . About 1500 bc : Plumbers on the Greek island of Crete install 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 Arturio Eason

  2. Royal Flush • About 1500 bc: Plumbers on the Greek island of Crete install the world's first flush toilet in the queen's bathroom • When the queen flushes, a tankful of rainwater is released into the bowl and washes her doings down clay pipes that run through the palace.

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

  4. This Job is the Pits • 1300 AD: By now many Europeans are doing their business in outhouses, tiny sheds with a seat built over a deep hole in the ground. • While cleaning out the smelly waste that has built up in the pit under his own outhouse, Richard falls through the rotted wood floor and drowns.

  5. A Charmin’ Idea • 1857: Joseph Gayetty of New York introduces toilet paper. • . Each sheet is proudly printed with Gayetty's signature. • Before this, people used whatever they could find, including dried corncobs and pages from catalogs.

  6. Bathroom Reading • 1672: Devoted readers who don't have time to leave the library can buy a fancy chamber pot disguised as a stack of books, one of the most popular models of chamber pots in France

  7. Stop Making Scents • 1775: An English watchmaker named Alexander Cummings patents a device known as the S-trap, and the modern flush toilet is-finally born. • The S-trap is a valve that keeps the bowl filled with water. Unlike earlier models, it allows poop to go down without letting smells come up.

  8. Sculptured Seats • 1885: Englishman Thomas Twyford introduces the Unitas, the first one­Piece, all-ceramic toilet The new john eliminates the leaky joints that made earlier wood-and-metal models smelly.

  9. Minding Your Business • 1999: The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company of Japan previews a toilet that's smarter than you are. • The high-tech bowl measures your weight and body-fat con­tent, and chemical sensors inside analyze your output for information about your health.

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