Breanne Taylor 4/11/13

History of the Toilet

First known indoor toilets in 2500 BC

These toilets did not flush

Going inside

1500 bc: World's first flush toilet

Earthquake destroys toilet

Progress with toilet is stunted

Royal Flush

800 bc: Cloaca Maxima, an enormous sewer system, is constructed.

Tiber River Citizens use public toilets built above the sewer

It had 11,000 seatsShared sponge to wipe

Really Public Bathrooms

1300 AD: Europeans use outhouses

One seat over a holeEnclosed in a shed

This Job is the Pits

1500s: Europeans use chamber pots

When the pot is full, they toss the contents out the window

Heads Up

1857: Joseph Gayetty introduces toilet paper.

Before this, people used whatever they could find

A Charmin’ Idea

1672: creation of a chamber pot disguised as a stack of books

one of the most popular models of chamber pots in France

Used in libraries

Bathroom Reading

1775: Alexander Cummings patents S-trap

First of the modern flush toilet

Keeps the bowl filled with water

Smells go down with the flush

Stop Making Scents

1885: Thomas Twyford introduces the first one-Piece, all-ceramic toilet

Eliminates the leaky joints that made earlier wood-and-metal models smelly.

Sculptured Seats

1999: The Matsushita Electronic Industrial Company of Japan previews a smart toilet

Measures your weight and body-fat content, and analyzes information about your health.

Minding Your Business