Who invented the flush toilet?

If you want to talk about the history of the toilet, this has to start from the Han Dynasty, "Xijing Miscellaneous Records" said that the court of the Han Dynasty made "tigers" out of jade, which were held by the emperor's attendants in case the emperor was convenient at any time. This kind of "tiger" is a special appliance called a toilet and a toilet pot by later generations, which is also the predecessor of the toilet. According to this, it is said that this "tiger" was also invented by the ancestor Liu Bang who used the crown of Confucianism as a drowning vessel.

There is another theory about the invention of the "tiger child", which is also said to be related to the emperor. Legend has it that in the Western Han Dynasty, the "flying general" Li Guang shot the dead crouching tiger, and let people cast a copper drowning device in the shape of a tiger, and put the urine in it, expressing his contempt for the tiger, which is the origin of the name of "Huzi". However, when the emperor of the Tang Dynasty sat in the dragon court, just because one of the ancestors of their family was called "Li Hu", he changed this disrespectful term to "beast" or "horse", and then commonly known as "toilet" and "urinal".

There is also a joke in the middle, Song Taizu Zhao Kuangyin pacified Sichuan, transported all the utensils in the Houshu Palace back to Bianjing, and found that there was a basin inlaid with agate jade, and he was so happy that he almost used it to hold wine and drink. Later, Mrs. Hua Rui, the favorite concubine of Shu Lord Yu Chang, was summoned to dedicate herself, and when Mrs. Hua Rui saw that this thing was offered by the Emperor of the Great Song Dynasty, she hurriedly said that this is my husband's urinal! Zhao Kuangyin was so shocked that he screamed:

Using this kind of urinal, how can there be a reason not to destroy the country? "Crush this treasure right away. The first detailed written record of the toilet was the "wooden horse" in Ouyang Xiu's "Guitianlu II" in the Northern Song Dynasty, which is explained as "wooden toilet" in the "Ciyuan".

The toilet bowl used by the ancient Chinese folk was a round wooden barrel with a lid, which was coated with tung oil or fine waterproof vermilion lacquer. Who invented the flush toilet, even many experts can't tell. One theory is that in 1596 the English aristocrat John Harrington invented the first practical toilet, a wooden seat with a cistern and flush valve, and before that, many people always went to the nearest big tree and small river to solve it on the spot.

Although Harrington invented the toilet, it was not widely used due to the imperfection of the sewage system. In 1861, Thomas Kleppa, a British plumber, invented an advanced water-saving flushing system, and waste discharge began to enter the modern period.

The history of the invention of the flush toilet According to the report, not long ago, the famous British "Focus" magazine invited 100 of the country's most authoritative experts and scholars and 1,000 readers to evaluate the world's greatest invention, and the top of the list was actually the flush toilet.

After reading this news, the author is quite puzzled: there are countless great inventions in the world, why do the British only advocate the invention of the flush toilet? After consulting the relevant information, the author seems to have found the answer.

It turned out that the flush toilet was first invented by the British.

During the time of Queen Elizabeth I (1558-1603), there was a British priest named John Harrington, who was a lover of literature and was sentenced to exile for spreading a so-called immoral story.

Between 1584 and 1591, he built a house in Kelston, a penal colony.

There, he designed the world's first flush toilet.

The toilet is connected to the cistern and is installed in this house.

He was so proud of the invention that he named it after one of Homer's epic heroes, Ajax.

Later, Harrington also wrote the book "The Metamorphosis of the Night Pot", which detailed the design of his flush toilet.

However, the British public at the time did not accept the invention and they still liked to use potties.

In 1775, a London watchmaker named Alexander Cummings improved Harrington's design and developed a flush toilet, which was patented for the first time.

Since then, flush toilets have become popular.

In 1848, the British Parliament passed the "Public Health Act", stipulating that all new houses and residences must have toilets, flush toilets and places to store garbage.

This provides the conditions for the development of flush toilet technology.

In 1889, British plumber Bostel invented the flushing toilet.

This kind of toilet uses a water storage tank and a float, which is simple in structure and easy to use.

Since then, the structural form of the flush toilet has basically been determined.

In today's world, flush toilets have been recognized as the "measure of hygiene".

It should be said that the invention of the flush toilet by the British is a great contribution to human society.

But to call it the "greatest invention" in the world, or even to be at the top of the list, is obviously "over-awarded".

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Flush toilet Queen Elizabeth I complained about the foul smell of unemptied toilets in her Richmond palace. In 1595, her courtier, Sir John Harrington, came to the rescue. During his travels in Italy, he heard about a fascinating invention, a toilet that flushes off the filth with water.

Harrington's flush toilet was finally installed in Richmond Palace. Harrington was intrigued by the idea of a book on the flush toilet. But flush toilets are impractical for most people when they don't have any main sewerage pipes, no running water, and no money to pay for plumbing.

Most people still clean their empty toilets or let the "night diggers" clean up the filth, and it's still business as usual. The English inventor Joseph Bramme improved the design of the flush toilet in the late 18th century. He used components such as a three-ball valve that controls the flow of water in the tank, and a U-bend that ensures that the smell of the sewer pipe does not allow the user to connect to it.

He patented this flush toilet in 1778. It wasn't until the late 19th century, when European towns and cities had installed sewage systems with water pipes, that most people had access to flush toilets. Right:

An important feature of a flush toilet is the S-shaped pipe, or drain bend in the sewer, which always holds some water. This water acts as a gasket that covers the odor. Even large cities like London were not providing drainage until the sixties of the 19th century, when many people first enjoyed the benefits of flush toilets.

And that's more than 300 years after Harrington's invention.

Queen Elizabeth I complained about the foul smell of unemptied toilets in her Richmond palace. In 1595, her courtier, Sir John Harrington, came to the rescue. During his travels in Italy, he heard about a fascinating invention, a toilet that flushes off the filth with water.

Harrington's flush toilet was finally installed in Richmond Palace.

Harrington was intrigued by the idea of a book on the flush toilet. But flush toilets are impractical for most people when they don't have any main sewerage pipes, no running water, and no money to pay for plumbing. Most people still clean their empty toilets or let the "night diggers" clean up the filth, and it's still business as usual.

The English inventor Joseph Bramme improved the design of the flush toilet in the late 18th century. He used components such as a three-ball valve that controls the flow of water in the tank, and a U-bend that ensures that the smell of the sewer pipe does not allow the user to connect to it. He patented this flush toilet in 1778.

It wasn't until the late 19th century, when European towns and cities had installed sewage systems with water pipes, that most people had access to flush toilets. Right: An important feature of a flush toilet is the S-shaped pipe, or drain bend in the sewer, which always holds some water.

This water acts as a gasket that covers the odor.

Even large cities like London were not providing drainage until the sixties of the 19th century, when many people first enjoyed the benefits of flush toilets. And that's more than 300 years after Harrington's invention.

There have been toilets for a long time. It doesn't matter if it's China or a foreign country, but it's not a flushing toilet. I remember that the kings of Europe did not know which country still liked to squat on the toilet while going to court.

Who invented the flush toilet, even many experts can't tell. One theory is that in 1596 the English aristocrat John Harrington invented the first practical toilet, a wooden seat with a cistern and flush valve, and before that, many people always went to the nearest big tree and small river to solve it on the spot. Although Harrington invented the toilet, it was not widely used due to the imperfection of the sewage system.

In 1861, Thomas Kleppa, a British plumber, invented an advanced water-saving flushing system, and waste discharge began to enter the modern period.

Early flush toilets, the first of which were commonly used, were not invented until 1775 by a London watchmaker, Cummings. This type of toilet has a water tank above, and when the handle is pulled and the valve is opened, the water flows down, and at the same time the slide valve is opened, flushing the feces from the metal toilet into the pit.

In the late 18th century, the British inventor Joseph Brammy improved the design of the flush toilet based on Cummings' invention. He used components such as a three-ball valve that controls the flow of water in the tank, which seals the outlet; There is also a U-shaped pipe, which ensures that the smell of the sewage pipe is not visible to the user. Brammé's improved flush toilet was patented in 1778.

In 1870, the British ceramic craftsman Tyford designed the monolithic ceramic toilet, which cost less than the metal toilet, and it had a serpentine drain, that is, the S-shaped pipe, or the sink of the sewer, which always kept some water, which was equivalent to a gasket to block the odor accumulated in the pipe.