How the toilet was invented

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, scholars and 1,000 readers to evaluate the world's greatest inventions, 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, which stated:

All newly built houses and dwellings 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". □

Who invented the flush toilet, even many experts can't tell. One version is 1596.

English aristocrat John Harrington invented the first practical toilet bowl - one with a cistern and flush.

The wooden seat of the water valve, before that, quite a few people always went to the nearest big tree and in the river.

Solve it in place. Although Harrington invented the toilet, it was not possible to get it due to an imperfect sewage system.

to a wide range of applications. In 1861, Thomas Kleppa, a British plumber, invented a set of precursors.

into the water-saving flushing system, waste discharge has only begun to enter the modernization period.