The History of the Toilet By Will Gilmore 9/13/13

Going Inside

02500 BC- Harappan peoples created the first indoor toilet

0The toilets, which do not flush, empty into a brick-lined sewer system

Royal Flush

01500 BC: Plumbers on the Greek island of Crete install the world's first flush toilet in the queen's bathroom

0An earthquake destroys the royal house around 1400 AC. It will be many centuries before toilet technology rises to this level again.

Really Public Bathrooms

0800 BC- In Rome, construction of the Cloaca Maxima takes place

0Enormous sewer system that carries the city's waste to the Tiber River

011,000 seats are lined up in rectangular rooms

This Job is the Pits

0Many Europeans are doing their business in out houses

0Shacks positioned above deep holes0Man drowns in his own outhouse

Heads Up

01500- Many Europeans relieve themselves in a chamber pot

0Throw it out the window shouting “Gardy-Loo!”

A Charmin’ Idea

01857: Joseph Gayetty intro[deuces] toilet paper0Prior to this people used whatever was available to

them

Bathroom Reading

01672-Devoted readers can buy chamber pots that have places for books to be held.

Stop Making Scents

01775-Alexander Cummings creates the S-trap0Lets the poop go down, and keeps the smell down too

Sculptured Seats

01885-Thomas Twyford creates the first all-ceramic toilet

0Many have them molded into interesting shapes

Minding Your Business

01999- Matsushita creates a toilet that is smarter than you are

0World domination expected soon