Who First Thought of Inventing the Toilet?

Just for a minute, there’s no such thing as a toilet and Imagine meeting your needs with this old system. Wouldn’t that be pretty annoying?

Alright Who first thought of inventing something called a toilet?

The oldest known toilets date back to ancient Mesopotamia, approximately 5,000 years ago.

These are the oldest simple and pit style chamber pot toilets, prevents feces from seeping into the surrounding soil and allows liquids to slowly leak out through small holes It was covered with long ceramic tubes. Unfortunately, the names of those who designed these are unknown.

More advanced toilets appeared about 1,000 years later in the ancient Minoan civilization on the island of Crete. These are public toilets, They were the first evidence of the use of water to transport waste, a practice adopted by the Romans.

The first modern flush toilet was designed in 1596 by Englishman Sir John Harington, a courtier of Queen Elizabeth I.

This toilet was first installed in Richmond Palace. In this design 28 liters of water were required to flush the toilet once and due to its nature, odors were coming back into the room.

In 1775, Scottish inventor Alexander Cumming He received the first flush toilet patent. Its design included an S-bend similar to today’s toilets and a more advanced valve system. Thus, the toilets used today gradually spread to every country.

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