History of the Toilet

Ryan Fitch
April 8, 2015

Going inside

2500 Bc: Earliest known indoor toilets

Did not flush.

Was emptied into a brick-lined sewer

system.

Royal Flush

1500 Bc: Greek island of Crete installed the

first flush toilet for the Queen.

Tankful of water washed the queens doings

down the clay pipes to a sewer system.

1400 Ac: First Flush toilet was destroyed

because of an earth quake.

Really Public Bathrooms

800 Bc: Construction for the Cloaca Maxima
takes place in Rome.
A sewer system that carried the citys waste
to the Tiber River.
Citizens used public toilets that were built
above the sewer.

This Job is the Pits

1300 Ad: Europeans were taking care of

there business in outhouses, and tiny sheds
that had a hole in the bottom of it.

Richard Raker(Outhouse-cleaner): Falls

through rotted wood floor and downs.

monstrously in his own excrement."

Heads Up

1500s: European city dwellers took care of

there business in a bowl that was called a
chamber pot.

"Gardy-loo!

Guess where the term came from above! It

was what people would say to warn people
on the street before they emptied there
chamber pots.

A Charmin Idea

1857:Joseph Gayetty of New York introduces

toilet paper.

Every sheet was printed with Gayettys

signature on it.

Before Gayettys great idea, people used

dried corncobs(Ouch!) and pages from
catalogs.

Bathroom Reading

Have you ever seen a stack of books and

wondered if it was not only a stack of books
and maybe a chamber pot?

1672: This was the most popular models of

chamber pots in France.

Stop Making Scents

1775: Alexander Cummings patents a very

important device for the modern flush toilet.

S-trap: Device that kept the bowl filled with

water.

Sculptured Seats

1885: The first one-piece, all-ceramic toilet

was born!

Eliminated leaky joints that made earlier

wood models stink.

Minding Your Business

1999: Matsuhita Electronic Industrial

Company of Japan previews a smart toilet.

Measures your weight, body-fat, and has

chemical sensors to analyzes your output.

Famous Toilet Brands

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IS
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