March 23 rd 2015 History of the Toilet About 2500 Bc The Harappan city dwellers of the Indus Valley presentday India and Pakistan build the earliest known indoor toilets The toilets which do not flush empty into a bricklined sewer system ID: 419306
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Sarah Weinstein March 23rd. 2015
History of the ToiletSlide2
About 2500 Bc:
The Harappan city dwellers of the Indus Valley (present-day India and Pakistan) build the earliest known indoor toilets. The toilets, which do not flush, empty into a brick-lined sewer system
.
Most advances in toilet technology will take place in Europe.
Going Inside:Slide3
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.
Royal Flush:Slide4
About 800 bc: In Rome, construction of the Cloaca Maxima takes place. It's an enormous sewer system that carries the city's waste to the Tiber River Citizens use public toilets built above the sewer.
For wiping, there's a sponge on the end of a stick.
Really Public Bathrooms:Slide5
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.
This Job is the PitsSlide6
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!" (from the bench gardez l'eau
, which means "watch out for the water") to warn anybody unlucky enough to be walking below.
Heads UpSlide7
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.
A Charmin’ IdeaSlide8
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.
Bathroom ReadingSlide9
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.
Stop Making ScentsSlide10
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. These ceramic toilets catch on
quickly.
Sculptured SeatsSlide11
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.
Minding Your BusinessSlide12
There’s a toilet-themed restaurant in Taiwan where they serve food on miniature toilets.
More people in the world have mobile phones than toilets
Fun Facts About Toilets