history of the toilet
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History of the Toilet. By: Jared Jacobs-El September 12 th. Going Inside. ( 2500 B.C)Indus Valley earliest toilets No flush, Brick lined sewers Most advances happen in Europe. Royal Flush. (1500 B.C) Crete first flush toilet Rainwater used to flush through clay pipes - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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History of the ToiletBy: Jared Jacobs-El
September 12th
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Going Inside ( 2500 B.C)Indus Valley earliest toilets
No flush, Brick lined sewers
Most advances happen in Europe
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Royal Flush (1500 B.C) Crete first flush toilet
Rainwater used to flush through clay pipes
Earthquake destroyed this technology
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Really Public Bathrooms (800 B.C) Roman sewer system,
Dumps into Tiber River
11,000 seats without partitions
Shared sponge
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Heads Up (1500s)Chamber pot: self-emptied
Gardy-loo
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This Job is the Pits (1300 AD)European outhouses: Seat
with a deep hole
Richard the Raker drowns
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A Charmin’ Idea (1857) Joseph Gavetty toilet paper
Used to use anything you could find
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Bathroom Reading (1672) Chamber pots disguised as a
stack of books
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Stop Making Scents (1775) Alexander Cummings S-trap
Valve keeps bowl filled with water
No smells
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Sculptured Seats (1885) Thomas Twyford all ceramic
toilet
No leaks
Decorated
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Minding Your Business (1999) Matsushita Electronic Industrial
Company: toilet measures weight and body fat content
Analyze health
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Extra Facts The average person spends three whole
years of their life sitting on the toilet.
The film “Psycho” was the first movie to show a toilet flushing
The toilet is flushed more times during the Super Bowl halftime than at any time during the year