History of the

Toilet

Symone Speech
4-8-15

Going inside

2500 B.C. first known indoor

toilet created in present day
India and Pakistan
They did not flush they
emptied into a brick lines
sewer system

Royal Flush

1500 B.C. Greek

plumber install the
world first flush toilet
in the queens
bathroom.
A tank full of rain
water would flush her
waste and it would be
washed down clay
pipes

Really Public Bathrooms

800 B.C. The Cloaca

Maxima is created
Its an enormous
sewer system that
carried the cities
waste to the Tiber
River Citizens use
public toilets above
the sewer
Sponge used for
wiping

This Job is in the Pits

1300 A.D.
Europeans use
out houses
Richard the
Raker drowned
in smelly
waste while
cleaning an
outhouse

Heads Up

1500s European city

dwellers used the
bathroom in a
chamber pot
When it was full they
tossed it out the
window and yelled
Gardy-loo

A Charmin Idea
1857 Joseph
Gayetty
introduces toilet
paper
Before people
would use
whatever they
could find

Bathroom Reading

1672 devoted readers buy

a chamber pot that looks
like a stack of books
Most popular chamber
models in France.

Stop Making Scents

1775 Alexander
Cummings creates
the S-trap, the
modern flush toilet is
born
S-trap is a valve that
keeps the toilet filled
with water
Allows poop to go
down without smells
coming up

Minding Your Business

1999 The Matsushita

Electronic Industrial
Company of Japan
creates toilet
Measures weight and
body fat content
Chemical sensors analyze
output for info about
health.