History of the Toilet Johnny Grimes 112022 Going

History of the Toilet Johnny Grimes 1/1/2022

Going Inside • 2500 BC: First known indoor toilets • Non-Flushing Toilets

Royal Flush • 1500 BC: Worlds first flush toilet • Pluming system in Royal House in Crete

Really Public Bathrooms • 800 BC: Sewer system built in Rome • Carries waste from almost 11, 000 public toilets to nearby river.

The Job is the Pits • 1300 AD: Outhouses are popular in Europe • English outhouse-cleaner Richard the Raker drowns in his own excrements accidentially.

Heads Up • 1500’s AD: Europeans relieve themselves in indoor chamber pots • After, they tossed the contents of the pots out of their windows

A Charmin’ Idea • 1857 AD: Joseph Gayetty introduces toilet paper

Bathroom Reading • 1672 AD: Fancy chamber pot disguised as a stack of books becomes a popular chamber pot in France.

Stop Making Scents • 1775 AD: Alexander Cummings patents S-trap, modern flush toilet. • S-Trap allows poop to go down without the smell.

Sculpted Seats • 1885 AD: Thomas Twyford introduces the Unitas, first one-piece toilet. • The Unitas eliminates leaky joints that lead to smell.

Minding Your Business • 1999 AD: Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company previews “smart” toilet. • Toilet measures weight, body-fat content, and health.

Other Names for a Toilet • Can, commode, head, john, latrine, lavatory, outhouse, privy, and throne are some of the many ways to say “toilet”.