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A Mr Crapper in Victorian England. His name has gone down in history. Rather him than me...
As with many inventions, the flush toilet did not suddenly spring into existence, but was the result of a long chain of minor improvements. Therefore, instead of a single name and date, there follows a list of significant contributors to the history of the device.
Note: Due to the lack of information from other cultures, this chronology is regrettably Anglocentric. Additional information about early flush toilet technology in other parts of the world would be welcome.
circa 26th century BC: Flush toilets were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had a flush toilet in almost every house, attached to a sophisticated sewage system.[citation needed]
circa 15th century BC: Flush toilets were found in the remains of the Minoan city of Akrotiri.
Roman Empire: Some examples include those at Hadrian's Wall in Britain. With the fall of the Roman Empire, the technology was lost in the West.
As with many inventions, the flush toilet did not suddenly spring into existence, but was the result of a long chain of minor improvements. Therefore, instead of a single name and date, there follows a list of significant contributors to the history of the device.
Note: Due to the lack of information from other cultures, this chronology is regrettably Anglocentric. Additional information about early flush toilet technology in other parts of the world would be welcome.
circa 26th century BC: Flush toilets were first used in the Indus Valley Civilization. The cities of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro had a flush toilet in almost every house, attached to a sophisticated sewage system.[citation needed]
circa 15th century BC: Flush toilets were found in the remains of the Minoan city of Akrotiri.
Roman Empire: Some examples include those at Hadrian's Wall in Britain. With the fall of the Roman Empire, the technology was lost in the West.
1596: Sir John Harington is said to have invented 'The Ajax', a flush toilet, for Elizabeth I of England, who wouldn't use the contraption because it made too much noise. His design was ridiculed in England, but was adopted in France under the name Angrez. The design had a flush valve to let water out of the tank, and a wash-down design to empty the bowl.
1738: a valve-type flush toilet was invented by JF Brondel.
1775: Alexander Cummings invented the S-trap (British patent no. 814?), still used today, that used standing water to seal the outlet of the bowl, preventing the escape of foul air from the sewer. His design had a sliding valve in the bowl outlet above the trap.
1777: Samuel Prosser invented and patented the 'plunger closet'.
1778: Joseph Bramah invented a hinged valve or 'crank valve' that sealed the bottom of the bowl, and a float valve system for the flush tank. His design was used mainly on boats.
1819: Albert Giblin received British patent 4990 for the "Silent Valveless Water Waste Preventer", a siphon discharge system.
1852: J. G. Jennings invented a wash-out design with a shallow pan emptying into an S-trap.
1857: the first American patent for a toilet, the 'plunger closet', was granted.
1860: The first watercloset was installed on the European continent and was imported from England. It has been installed in the rooms of Queen Victoria in castle Ehrenburg (Coburg, Germany) and she was the only one who was allowed to use it.
The first popularized water closets were exhibited at Crystal Palace and they became the first public toilets, they had attendants dressed in white and they charged only a penny coining the term "To spend a penny"
1880s: Thomas Crapper's plumbing company built flush toilets of Giblin's design. After the company received a royal warrant, Crapper's name became synonymous with flush toilets. Although he was not the original inventor, Crapper popularized the siphon system for emptying the tank, replacing the earlier floating valve system which was prone to leaks. Some of Crapper's designs were made by Thomas Twyford. The similarity between Crapper's name and the much older word crap is merely a coincidence.
1885: Thomas Twyford built the first one-piece china toilet using the flush-out siphon design by J. G. Jennings.
1886: an early jet flush toilet was manufactured by the Beaufort Works in Chelsea, England.
1906: William Elvis Sloan invents the Flushometer, which uses pressurized water directly from the supply line for faster recycle time between flushes. The original Royal Flushometer is still in use today in public restrooms worldwide.
1980: Bruce Thompson, working for Caroma in Australia, developed the Duoset cistern with two buttons and two flush volumes as a water-saving measure. Modern versions of the Duoset are now available in more than 30 countries worldwide, and save the average household 67% of their normal water usage.
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White Castle (restaurant)
Washington Capitals
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Winx Club
As we know it, the british. Thats why it was called a Water Closet. The british being so terribly polite and all. It was a small room (closet) to do your business that had an opening over running water. A stream, river, sewer etc.
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