MAX GONZALEZ

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History of the Toilet
Going Inside
2500 BC: First known
indoor toilets

The toilets did not flush

Royal Flush
1500BC: First flush toilet

Rainwater is released and
washes feces down clay pipes
Really Public Bathrooms
800BC: Construction of large sewer system

Toilets are built above the sewer

No privacy


This Job is the Pits
1300 AD: Europeans
outhouses emerge

Built over holes in the ground

Richard the Raker fell into
his feces
Heads Up
1500s: Indoor toilet pots

Throw contents out window when
done
A Charmin Idea
1857: Joseph Gayetty
invents toilet paper

Before, people used
anything
Bathroom Reading
1672: Readers could buy a
chamber pot

Disguised as a stack of
books

One of the most popular
models in France
Stop Making Scents
1775: Alexander Cummings creates the S-trap

S-trap: a valve that keeps bowl filled with water

Modern flush toilet
Sculptured Seats
1885: Twyford introduces first one
piece toilet

These are ceramic toilets molded
into shapes of animals
Minding Your Business
1999: Japanese invent high-
tech toilet bowl

Measures weight and body-fat
content

Chemical sensors analyze
health
Toilet Facts
1 billion people still
defecate in the open, in
the absence of a toilet

Americans spend 5
cents per day by
flushing their toilets