In the lateth century, a London plumbing impresario named Thomas Crapper manufactured one of the first widely successful lines of flush toilets. Crapper did not invent the toilet, but he did develop the ballcock, an improved tank-filling mechanism still used in toilets today. But if you see something that doesn't look right, click here to contact us! Twice a week we compile our most fascinating features and deliver them straight to you. Live TV. When the user pulls the lever, the water drains and the mechanism refills the basin.
Chamber pots were used during the Middle Ages. A chamber pot is a metal or ceramic bowl that was used for relieving oneself and then the contents were disposed of often out the window. It is said that she refused to use it because it was too noisy. The first patent for the flushing toilet was issued to Alexander Cummings in Joseph Bramah of Yorkshire patented the first practical water closet in England in During the s, people realized that poor sanitary conditions caused diseases.
Having toilets and sewer systems that could control human waste became a priority to lawmakers, medical experts, inventors, and the general public. In , the Tremont Hotel in Boston became the first hotel to have indoor plumbing; it had eight water closets built by Isaiah Rogers.
During the 11th-century castle-building boom, chamber pots were supplemented with toilets that were, for the first time, actually integrated into the architecture. Today, the toilet has been upgraded from architectural polyp to a central design element. But Crapper did not invent the flushing toilet. The basic idea of using water to wash away sewage dates back to the Bronze Age.
Around 4, years ago, cities in the Indus Valley had sophisticated sanitation — including communal toilets flushed with running water.
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